Example embodiments significantly reduce {HEAD ~ computational complexity} associated with {TAIL ~ impairment evaluation and path selection} in an optical network 
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Example embodiments significantly reduce { HEAD ~ computational complexity } associated with { TAIL ~ impairment evaluation and path selection } in an optical network
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