Vilis, Raymond A.2009-04-172009-04-1719771977Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 3260.http://hdl.handle.net/10393/10585http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-16892This thesis presents IMULEC, a new clustering algorithm for the interactive design of multilevel data networks. The algorithm is capable of handling different types of concentrators and provides the line-layout of the data network, under various given constraints, such as: line capacities, maximum traffic per concentrator, maximum number of input ports to a concentrator etc. A comparison is made, for the single concentrator level case, with the algorithm NEWCLUST [3]. The results show that IMULEC reduces both network design cost and total execution times (with special savings in the clustering process).156 p.Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.Thesis