Evolutionary algorithm for provisioning VPN trees based on pipe and hose workload models. - Boulbaba Thabti; Habib Youssef; Aref Meddeb; Ali Ridha Mahjoub (ICNC, 2011)

Simulated evolution based algorithm versus exact method for virtual private network design. - Boulbaba Thabti; Habib Youssef; Ali Ridha Mahjoub; Aref Meddeb (ICNC, 2014)

Exact approach for the optimal design of virtual private network trees assuming a hose workload. - Ali Lourimi; Boulbaba Thabti; Habib Youssef (Ann. des Télécommunications, 2016)