Spanning Trees and Optimization Problems

Spanning Trees and Optimization Problems
Author: Bang Ye Wu
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2004-01-27
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0203497287

The design of approximation algorithms for spanning tree problems has become an exciting and important area of theoretical computer science and also plays a significant role in emerging fields such as biological sequence alignments and evolutionary tree construction. While work in this field remains quite active, the time has come to collect under

Hybrid Metaheuristics

Hybrid Metaheuristics
Author: Thomas Bartz-Beielstein
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2007-09-20
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3540755144

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Hybrid Metaheuristics, HM 2007, held in Dortmund, Germany. The 14 revised full papers discuss specific aspects of hybridization of metaheuristics, hybrid metaheuristics design, development and testing. With increasing attention to methodological aspects, from both the empirical and theoretical sides, the papers show a representative sample of research in the field of hybrid metaheuristics.

Soft Computing in Systems and Control Technology

Soft Computing in Systems and Control Technology
Author: S. G. Tzafestas
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 516
Release: 1999
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9789810233815

Soft computing is a branch of computing which, unlike hard computing, can deal with uncertain, imprecise and inexact data. The three constituents of soft computing are fuzzy-logic-based computing, neurocomputing, and genetic algorithms. Fuzzy logic contributes the capability of approximate reasoning, neurocomputing offers function approximation and learning capabilities, and genetic algorithms provide a methodology for systematic random search and optimization. These three capabilities are combined in a complementary and synergetic fashion.This book presents a cohesive set of contributions dealing with important issues and applications of soft computing in systems and control technology. The contributions include state-of-the-art material, mathematical developments, fresh results, and how-to-do issues. Among the problems studied via neural, fuzzy, neurofuzzy and genetic methodologies are: data fusion, reinforcement learning, approximation properties, multichannel imaging, signal processing, system optimization, gaming, and several forms of control.The book can serve as a reference for researchers and practitioners in the field. Readers can find in it a large amount of useful and timely information, and thus save considerable effort in searching for other scattered literature.

Algorithms - ESA '98

Algorithms - ESA '98
Author: Gianfranco Bilardi
Publisher: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Total Pages: 538
Release: 1998-07-29
Genre: Computers
ISBN:

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms, ESA'97, held in Venice, Italy, in August 1998. The 40 revised full papers presented together with two invited contributions were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 131 submissions. The book is divided into sections on data structures, strings and biology, numerical algorithms, geometry, randomized and online algorithms, parallel and distributed algorithms, graph algorithms, and optimization.

Representations for Genetic and Evolutionary Algorithms

Representations for Genetic and Evolutionary Algorithms
Author: Franz Rothlauf
Publisher: Physica
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3642880940

In the field of genetic and evolutionary algorithms (GEAs), much theory and empirical study has been heaped upon operators and test problems, but problem representation has often been taken as given. This monograph breaks with this tradition and studies a number of critical elements of a theory of representations for GEAs and applies them to the empirical study of various important idealized test functions and problems of commercial import. The book considers basic concepts of representations, such as redundancy, scaling and locality and describes how GEAs'performance is influenced. Using the developed theory representations can be analyzed and designed in a theory-guided manner. The theoretical concepts are used as examples for efficiently solving integer optimization problems and network design problems. The results show that proper representations are crucial for GEAs'success.

Principles of Communications Networks and Systems

Principles of Communications Networks and Systems
Author: Nevio Benvenuto
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 706
Release: 2011-09-19
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 111997982X

Addressing the fundamental technologies and theories associated with designing complex communications systems and networks, Principles of Communications Networks and Systems provides models and analytical methods for evaluating their performance. Including both the physical layer (digital transmission and modulation) and networking topics, the quality of service concepts belonging to the different layers of the protocol stack are interrelated to form a comprehensive picture. The book is designed to present the material in an accessible but rigorous manner. It jointly addresses networking and transmission aspects following a unified approach and using a bottom up style of presentation, starting from requirements on transmission links all the way up to the corresponding quality of service at network and application layers. The focus is on presenting the material in an integrated and systematic fashion so that students will have a clear view of all the principal aspects and of how they interconnect with each other. A comprehensive introduction to communications systems and networks, addressing both network and transmission topics Structured for effective learning, with basic principles and technologies being introduced before more advanced ones are explained Features examples of existing systems and recent standards as well as advanced digital modulation techniques such as CDMA and OFDM Contains tools to help the reader in the design and performance analysis of modern communications systems Provides problems at the end of each chapter, with answers on an accompanying website

Intelligent Control and Automation

Intelligent Control and Automation
Author: De-Shuang Huang
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 1145
Release: 2006-09-08
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3540372563

Results of the International Conference on Intelligent Computing, ICIC 2006: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI), Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics (LNBI), Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences (LNCIS). 142 revised full papers are organized in topical sections: Blind Source Separation; Intelligent Sensor Networks; Intelligent Control and Automation; and Data Fusion, Knowledge Discovery, and Data Mining. Includes a Special Session on Smart and Intelligent Home Technology.

Optimization Algorithms for Networks and Graphs

Optimization Algorithms for Networks and Graphs
Author: James Evans
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 481
Release: 2017-10-19
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1351426680

A revised and expanded advanced-undergraduate/graduate text (first ed., 1978) about optimization algorithms for problems that can be formulated on graphs and networks. This edition provides many new applications and algorithms while maintaining the classic foundations on which contemporary algorithm

Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science

Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science
Author: Rudrapatna K. Shyamasundar
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 476
Release: 1993-11-23
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9783540575290

For more than a decade, Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science Conferences have been providing an annual forum for the presentation of new research results in India and abroad. This year, 119 papers from 20 countries were submitted. Each paper was reviewed by at least three reviewers, and 33 papers were selected for presentation and included in this volume, grouped into parts on type theory, parallel algorithms, term rewriting, logic and constraint logic programming, computational geometry and complexity, software technology, concurrency, distributed algorithms, and algorithms and learning theory. Also included in the volume are the five invited papers presented at theconference.

Graphs and Algorithms in Communication Networks

Graphs and Algorithms in Communication Networks
Author: Arie Koster
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 442
Release: 2009-12-01
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3642022502

Algorithmic discrete mathematics plays a key role in the development of information and communication technologies, and methods that arise in computer science, mathematics and operations research – in particular in algorithms, computational complexity, distributed computing and optimization – are vital to modern services such as mobile telephony, online banking and VoIP. This book examines communication networking from a mathematical viewpoint. The contributing authors took part in the European COST action 293 – a four-year program of multidisciplinary research on this subject. In this book they offer introductory overviews and state-of-the-art assessments of current and future research in the fields of broadband, optical, wireless and ad hoc networks. Particular topics of interest are design, optimization, robustness and energy consumption. The book will be of interest to graduate students, researchers and practitioners in the areas of networking, theoretical computer science, operations research, distributed computing and mathematics.