To support multimedia applications, it is desirable that an ad hoc network has a provision of Quality
of Service (QoS). However, the provision of QoS in an ad hoc network is a challenging task due to its
inherent…

The book deals with the topic of Operating Systems from and intuitive perspective and then delves into more technical concepts, which makes it appropriate for a first introductory course on the matter.

The use of evolutionary and swarm intelligence algorithms, has become a very popular option to solve complex real-world optimization problems. However, in their original versions, these algorithms lack a mechanism to handle the constraints of the problem i.e. they were…

Professor Arnold Kaufmann did propose
at least two types of indexes for estimating fuzziness in
finite standard fuzzy sets. First one has an analogue
formulation to that stated by Claude Shannon for
measuring uncertainty in a given system. Shannon
formulation…

This paper addresses the problem of contour line extraction from scanned topographic maps in poor condition. A novel method is developed, using knowledge of cartography and graphics to extract contours by removing other layers which overlay the contours, and reconstructing…

The book <i>Using OpenMP: Portable Shared Memory Parallel Programming</i>, presents OpenMP more than appropriately, from the perspective of high performance computing, which traditionally has provided most (if not all) the parallel software development strategies.

The Hydrophilic-Lipophilic Balance (HLB)was formally presented by William C. Griffin sixty years ago at a meeting in Chicago for the first time and later on in an article published in the first volume of the Journal of the Society of…

This paper introduces the conceptual design of a new information technology integrating wireless telephony and Internet services to assist in locating lost or displaced people in a moment of crisis. This public safety service is based on a novel text…

Current performance prediction analytical models try to characterize the performance behavior of actual machines through a small set of parameters. Due to different factors, the predicted times suffer substantial deviations. A natural approach is to associate a different proportionality constant…

The performance of two selection mechanisms used in the most popular variant of differential evolution, known as DE/rand/1/bin, are compared in the solution of constrained numerical optimization problems. Four performance measures proposed in the specialized literature are used to analyze…