Network construction problems with due dates

Igor Averbakh and Jordi Pereira

European Journal of Operational Research, 2015, vol. 244, issue 3, 715-729

Abstract: A network needs to be constructed by a server (construction crew) that has a constant construction speed which is incomparably slower than the server’s travel speed within the already constructed part of the network. A vertex is recovered when it becomes connected to the depot by an already constructed path. Due dates for recovery times are associated with vertices. The problem is to obtain a construction schedule that minimizes the maximum lateness of vertices, or the number of tardy vertices. We introduce these new problems, discuss their computational complexity, and present mixed-integer linear programming formulations, heuristics, a branch-and-bound algorithm, and results of computational experiments.

Keywords: Scheduling; Network design; Network construction; Emergency restoration; Integrated network design and scheduling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2015.02.014

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