Advances in Nature-Inspired Computing and Applications

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This book contains research contributions from leading global scholars in nature-inspired computing. It includes comprehensive coverage of each respective topic, while also highlighting recent and future trends. The contributions provides readers with a snapshot of the state of the art in the field of nature-inspired computing and its application. This book has focus on the current researches while highlighting the empirical results along with theoretical concepts to provide a comprehensive reference for students, researchers, scholars, professionals and practitioners in the field of Advanced Artificial Intelligence, Nature-Inspired Algorithms and Soft Computing. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi Automatic Generation of Cyber Architectures Optimized for Security, Cost, and Mission Performance: A Nature-Inspired Approach (Neal Wagner, Cem Ş. Şahin, Jaime Pena, William W. Streilein)....Pages 1-25 Optimizing Resource Allocation of Wireless Networks with Carrier Aggregation Using Evolutionary Programming (Marcus Vinícius Gonzaga Ferreira, Flávio Henrique Teles Vieira)....Pages 27-41 Artificial Feeding Birds (AFB): A New Metaheuristic Inspired by the Behavior of Pigeons (Jean-Baptiste Lamy)....Pages 43-60 Application of Nature—Inspired Algorithms in Medical Image Processing (S. Kanimozhi Suguna, R. Ranganathan, J. Sangeetha, Smita Shandilya, Shishir Kumar Shandilya)....Pages 61-100 Firefly Algorithm Applied to the Estimation of the Parameters of a Photovoltaic Panel Model (Ricardo Augusto Pereira Franco, Gilberto Lopes Filho, Flávio Henrique Teles Vieira)....Pages 101-134 Realization of PSO-Based Adaptive Beamforming Algorithm for Smart Antennas (Rathindra Nath Biswas, Anurup Saha, Swarup Kumar Mitra, Mrinal Kanti Naskar)....Pages 135-163 A Comparison of Bio-Inspired Approaches for the Cluster-Head Selection Problem in WSN (Karen Miranda, Saúl Zapotecas-Martínez, Antonio López-Jaimes, Abel García-Nájera)....Pages 165-187 An Energy-Efficient Cluster Head Selection Using Artificial Bees Colony Optimization for Wireless Sensor Networks (Tauseef Ahmad, Misbahul Haque, Asad Mohammad Khan)....Pages 189-203 Modified Krill Herd Algorithm for Global Numerical Optimization Problems (Laith Mohammad Abualigah, Ahamad Tajudin Khader, Essam Said Hanandeh)....Pages 205-221 Application of Nature-Inspired Optimization Techniques in Vessel Traffic Control (Ž. Kanović, V. Bugarski, T. Bačkalić, F. Kulić)....Pages 223-252 Enhanced Throughput and Accelerated Detection of Network Attacks Using a Membrane Computing Model Implemented on a GPU (Rufai Kazeem Idowu, Ravie Chandren Muniyandi)....Pages 253-268 A Computational Physics-Based Algorithm for Target Coverage Problems (Jordan Barry, Christopher Thron)....Pages 269-290 A Hybrid Bio—Inspired Algorithm for Protein Domain Problems (Manish Kumar, Hari Om)....Pages 291-311 Modeling of Service Discovery Over Wireless Mesh Networks (Lungisani Ndlovu, Okuthe P. Kogeda, Manoj Lall)....Pages 313-343 Back Matter ....Pages 345-349