Symeon Papavassiliou - Böcker

Until recently, most network design techniques employed a bottom-up approach with lower protocol layer mechanisms affecting the development of higher ones. This approach, however, has not yielded fascinating results in the case of wireless distributed networks. Addressing the emerging aspects of modern network analysis and design, Evolutionary Dynamics of Complex Communications Networks introduces and develops a top-bottom approach where elements of the higher layer can be exploited in modifying the lowest physical topology—closing the network design loop in an evolutionary fashion similar to that observed in natural processes.This book provides a complete overview of contemporary design approaches from the viewpoint of network science and complex/social network analysis. A significant part of the text focuses on the classification and analysis of various network modification mechanisms for wireless decentralized networks that exploit social features from relevant online social networks. Each chapter begins with learning objectives and introductory material and slowly builds to more detailed analysis and advanced concepts. Each chapter also identifies open issues, while by the end of the book, potential research directions are summarized for the more interested researcher or graduate student.The approach outlined in the book will help network designers and administrators increase the value of their infrastructure without requiring any significant additional investment. Topics covered include: basic network graph models and properties, cognitive methods and evolutionary computing, complex and social network analysis metrics and features, and analysis and development of the distinctive structure and features of complex networks. Considering all aspects of modern network analysis and design, the text covers the necessary material and background to make it a suitable source of reference for graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and scientists

Until recently, most network design techniques employed a bottom-up approach with lower protocol layer mechanisms affecting the development of higher ones. This approach, however, has not yielded fascinating results in the case of wireless distributed networks. Addressing the emerging aspects of modern network analysis and design, Evolutionary Dynamics of Complex Communications Networks introduces and develops a top-bottom approach where elements of the higher layer can be exploited in modifying the lowest physical topology—closing the network design loop in an evolutionary fashion similar to that observed in natural processes.This book provides a complete overview of contemporary design approaches from the viewpoint of network science and complex/social network analysis. A significant part of the text focuses on the classification and analysis of various network modification mechanisms for wireless decentralized networks that exploit social features from relevant online social networks. Each chapter begins with learning objectives and introductory material and slowly builds to more detailed analysis and advanced concepts. Each chapter also identifies open issues, while by the end of the book, potential research directions are summarized for the more interested researcher or graduate student.The approach outlined in the book will help network designers and administrators increase the value of their infrastructure without requiring any significant additional investment. Topics covered include: basic network graph models and properties, cognitive methods and evolutionary computing, complex and social network analysis metrics and features, and analysis and development of the distinctive structure and features of complex networks. Considering all aspects of modern network analysis and design, the text covers the necessary material and background to make it a suitable source of reference for graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and scientists

The two-volume set LNCS 16223 + 16224 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Decision and Game Theory for Security, GameSec 2025, which took place in Athens, Greece, in October 2025. The 35 full papers and 3 short papers included in the proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 51 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: Game-theoretic foundations and learning; game-theoretic cybersecurity frameworks; deception and adversarial defense; AI and LLMs in security; Part II: Strategic defense and robustness; applicatiouns in security and networks; emerging threats and anomaly detection.

The two-volume set LNCS 16223 + 16224 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Decision and Game Theory for Security, GameSec 2025, which took place in Athens, Greece, in October 2025. The 35 full papers and 3 short papers included in the proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 51 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: Game-theoretic foundations and learning; game-theoretic cybersecurity frameworks; deception and adversarial defense; AI and LLMs in security; Part II: Strategic defense and robustness; applicatiouns in security and networks; emerging threats and anomaly detection.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks, ADHOCNETS 2014, held in Rhodes, Greece, in August 2014. The 16 regular and invited papers presented were carefully selected and reviewed from numerous submissions and cover a wide range of applications, such as mobile ad hoc networks, sensor networks, vehicular networks, intelligent transportation systems, wireless sensor networks security.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks and Wireless, ADHOC-NOW 2015, held in Athens, Greece in June/July 2015. distributed computing with mobile agents; efficient, reliable, and secure smart energy networks; and emerging communications, networking and computing technologies for VANETs 2.0.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks, ADHOCNETS 2015, held in September 2015 in Italy.The 17 regular and 3 invited papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers cover topics such as physical layer; MAC and routing; mobility in networks; self-organization, virtualization and localization; cloud, virtualization and prototypage; security and fault tolerance in wireless mobile networks.

The First International ICST Conference on Mobile Networks and Management (MONAMI) was held in Athens, Greece during October 13–14, 2009, hosted by the National Technical University of Athens. Through what we hope will be a long-lasting series of events, this new international conference aims at bringing together top - searchers, academics, and practitioners specializing in the area of mobile network management. Multiaccess and resource management, mobility management, and n- work management have emerged as core topics in the design, deployment, and ope- tion of current and future networks. Yet, they are treated as separate, isolated domains with very little interaction between the experts in these fields and lack cro- pollination. MONAMI 2009 offered the opportunity to leading researchers, industry professionals, and academics to meet and discuss the latest advances in these areas and present results related to technologies for true plug-and-play networking, efficient use of all infrastructure investments, and access competition. MONAMI 2009 featured eight full papers and five short papers, which were - lected after a thorough peer-review process based on their relevance to the scope of the conference and their technical merit. The overall acceptance rate was 50%. The contributing authors covered a range of topics in mobile networks and their mana- ment that are currently of high interest in the wireless research area.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Second International ICST Conference on Mobile Networks and Management, MONAMI 2010, held in Santander, Spain in September 2010. The 29 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the proceedings. The papers are organized in topical sections on routing and virtualization, autonomic networking, mobility management, multiaccess selection, wireless network management, wireless networks, and future research directions.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Ad-hoc, Mobile, and Wireless Networks, ADHOC-NOW 2012 held in Belgrade, Serbia, July 9-11, 2012. The 36 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 76 submissions. The accepted papers cover a wide spectrum of traditional networking topics ranging from routing to the application layer, to localization in various networking environments such as wireless sensor and ad-hoc networks, and give insights in a variety of application areas.