Telecommunications Optimization

cutting-edge book presents advanced solutions to current

and future telecommunications optimization problems. The

field of telecommunications is growing and changing ever

more rapidly, presenting new real-world problems for

optimization researchers to address. Telecommunications

engineers tend to know all about the problems involved but

are often not aware of developments in computer science

and artificial intelligence that might solve those problems.

This unique book takes a colloborative approach describing

the essence of the problems and then the heuristic and

adaptive techniques which are now recognised as adept at

solving these problems. In addition the emerging

technologies in telecommunications and increasing use of

the Internet expand the role that advanced heuristic and

adaptive methods can play.

Topics covered include:

Heuristic techniques covering local search methods

and population-based search techniques

Adaptive computation techniques covering neural

computation, fuzzy logic and game theory

Practical and successful ways to address problems in

network design and planning, routing, protocol

design and network management

This state-of-the-art book will be an essential resource for

optimization researchers needing a wider appreciation of

the problems in telecommunications, and indispensable for

telecommunications engineers using heuristic and adaptive

techniques.

With a broad range of research studies, Telecommunications Optimization encompasses a variety of modern aproaches used to solve telecommunications optimization problems. Constant advances in computer science and artifical intelligence have resulted in heuristic and adaptive techniques becoming recognized as adept providers of solutions to the problems faced in the telecommunications arena. The emerging technologies in telecommunications and increasing use of the Internet expand the role that advanced heuristic and adaptive methods can play.

Topics covered include:

• Heuristic techniques covering local search methods and population-based techniques
• Adaptive computation techniques covering neural computation, fuzzy logic and game theory
• Practical and successful ways to address problems in network design and planning, routing, protocol design and network management

Booknews

Encompasses a variety of modern approaches used to solve telecommunications optimization problems. Examines heuristic techniques such as local search methods and population-based search techniques, as well as adaptive computation techniques such as neural computation and fuzzy logic, and presents practical ways to address problems in network design and planning, routing, protocol design, and network management. Of interest to optimization researchers and telecommunications engineers. Corne teaches in the School of Computer Science, Cybernetics, and Electronic Engineering at the University of Reading, UK. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)