Privacy preservation tools using particle swarm optimization (PSO) is one of the most
common metaheuristics swarm intelligence algorithms [1]. It has been widely used for a …

This research examined how statistical methods like cluster analysis can be optimally used
to support the development of eHealth interventions by allowing better personalisation. More …

Image segmentation is a key step in image analysis. The Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM)
method based on image histograms is popular in image segmentation, but it is difficult to find …

Network security has become a substantial area in today's life. Data needs to be carefully
protected, as it has become a very powerful asset and a success factor for many industries …

The current trends in the robotics field have led to the development of large-scale swarm
robot systems, which are deployed for complex missions. The robots in these systems must …

A lot of problems in science and industry can be viewed as optimisation problems. A typical
way to represent this problem is to construct a mathematical function F (x), where x contains …

This thesis would not have been possible without the help of my advisor, Jesús M.
Zamarreño. I want to thank him for his tremendous dedication, his motivational skills and his …