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AE
2015
Springer
10 years 8 days ago
Combining Mutation and Recombination to Improve a Distributed Model of Adaptive Operator Selection
Abstract. We present evidence indicating that adding a crossover island greatly improves the performance of a Dynamic Island Model for Adaptive Operator Selection. Two combinatoria...
Jorge Alberto Soria-Alcaraz, Gabriela Ochoa, Adrie...
ADVCS
2015
10 years 8 days ago
The "Win-Continue, Lose-Reverse" Rule in Oligopolies: robustness of collusive Outcomes
Abstract: The so-called “Win-Continue, Lose-Reverse” (WCLR) rule is a simple iterative procedure that can be used to choose a value for any numeric variable (e.g. setting a pri...
Segismundo S. Izquierdo, Luis R. Izquierdo
ADT
2015
10 years 8 days ago
Long-term drivers of broadband traffic in next-generation networks
This paper is concerned with long-term (20+years) forecasting of broadband traffic in next-generation networks. Such long-term approach requires going beyond extrapolations of past...
Pavel Loskot, Mohamed A. M. Hassanien, Farsheed Fa...
ADT
2015
10 years 8 days ago
A methodology for validating cloud models using metamorphic testing
Abstract Cloud computing is a paradigm that provides access to a flexible, elastic and on-demand computing infrastructure, allowing users to dynamically request virtual resources....
Alberto Nuñez, Robert M. Hierons
ADT
2015
10 years 8 days ago
Multimedia content delivery trigger in a mobile network to reduce the peak load
Nowadays, smartphones are used to download files such as movies, music, etc. These files present some flexibility in delivery time; we exploit this feature to reduce network ov...
Eduardo Andrès Celis Muñoz, Fabrice ...
ADT
2015
10 years 8 days ago
Joint distributions for total lengths of shortest-path trees in telecommunication networks
Shortest-path trees play an important role in the field of optimising fixed-access telecommunication networks with respect to costs and capacities. Distributional properties of t...
David Neuhäuser, Christian Hirsch, Catherine ...
ADHOCNOW
2015
Springer
10 years 8 days ago
Election-Based Sensor Deployment and Coverage Maintenance by a Team of Robots
Wireless sensor and robot networks (WSRNs) are an integration of wireless sensor network (WSNs) and multi-robot systems. They are comprised of networked sensor and mobile robots th...
Qiao Li, Venkat Narasimhan, Amiya Nayak
ADHOCNOW
2015
Springer
10 years 8 days ago
Self-organised Key Management for the Smart Grid
As Smart Grid deployments emerge around the world, their protection against cyberattacks becomes more crucial. Before protective measures are put into place, one of the main factor...
Foivos F. Demertzis, Georgios Karopoulos, Christos...
ADHOCNETS
2015
Springer
10 years 8 days ago
SLACK-MAC: Adaptive MAC Protocol for Low Duty-Cycle Wireless Sensor Networks
—Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are increasingly used in environmental monitoring applications. They are designed to operate for several months by featuring low activity cycles,...
Affoua Thérèse Aby, Alexandre Guitto...
ADHOCNETS
2015
Springer
10 years 8 days ago
From the Characterization of Ranging Error to the Enhancement of Nodes Localization for Group of Wireless Body Area Networks
Time-based localization in Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs), has attracted growing research interest for the last past years. Nodes positions can be estimated based on peer-to-p...
Anis Ouni, Jihad Hamie, Claude Chaudet, Arturo Gui...