Krzysztof Walkowiak - Böcker

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the16th International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and AutomatedLearning, IDEAL 2015, held in Wroclaw, Poland, in October 2015.The 64 revised full papers presented were carefullyreviewed and selected from 127 submissions. These papers provided a valuablecollection of recent research outcomes in data engineering and automatedlearning, from methodologies, frameworks, and techniques to applications. Inaddition to various topics such as evolutionary algorithms, neural networks,probabilistic modeling, swarm intelligent, multi-objective optimization, andpractical applications in regression, classification, clustering, biologicaldata processing, text processing, video analysis, IDEAL 2015 also featured anumber of special sessions on several emerging topics such as computationalintelligence for optimization of communication networks, discovering knowledgefromdata, simulation-driven DES-like modeling and performance evaluation, andintelligent applications in real-world problems.

Thisbook focuses on modeling and optimization of cloud-ready and content-orientednetworks in the context of different layers and accounts for specificconstraints following from protocols andtechnologies used in a particular layer. It addresses a wide range ofadditional constraints importantin contemporary networks, including various types of network flows,survivability issues, multi-layer networking, and resource location.Thebook presents recent existing and new results in a comprehensive and cohesiveway. The contents of the book are organized in five chapters, which are mostlyself-contained.Chapter 1 briefly presents information oncloud computing and content-oriented services, and introduces basic notionsand concepts of network modeling and optimization. Chapter 2 covers various optimizationproblems that arise in the context of connection-oriented networks. Chapter3 focuses on modeling and optimization of Elastic Optical Networks. Chapter 4 isdevoted to overlay networks. The book concludes with Chapter 5, summarizing thebook and present recent research trends in the field of network optimization.