Mahlke, Debora; Martin, Alexander; Moritz, Susanne - In: Mathematical Methods of Operations Research 66 (2007) 1, pp. 99-115
In this paper we present a simulated annealing approach for the gas network optimization problem. A gas network consists of a set of pipes to transport the gas from the sources to the sinks whereby gas pressure gets lost due to friction. Further on there are compressors, which increase gas...