Network Design and Management focuses on the latest methodological developments in three key
areas---pricing of telecommunications services network design and resource allocation. These
three elements are most relevant to current telecommunications planning. The first five
chapters cover global deregulation of the telecommunications industry effective pricing and
revenue management as well as an understanding of competitive pressures are key factors that
will improve revenue in telecommunications companies. These chapters present some novel ideas
related to pricing (including auction-based pricing of network bandwidth) and modeling
competition in the industry. The next seven chapters outline what successful telecommunications
companies of the future will need to do in order to minimize their costs and still meet
customer expectations. In this context the optimal design provisioning of telecommunication
networks plays an important role. These chapters focus on network design for a wide range of
technologies including SONET SDH WDM and MPLS. They include the latest research developments
related to the modeling and solving of network design problems. The final six chapters provide
insightful solutions to several resource allocation problems. Day-to-day management control of
telecommunications networks is dependant upon the optimal allocation of resources.
