Software defined networking allows network providers to share their physical network (PN)
among multiple tenants by means of network slicing, where several virtual networks (VNs) …

Many real-world problems are composed of multiple interacting sub-problems. However, few
investigations have been carried out to look into tackling problems from a metaheuristics …

The Travelling Thief Problem (TTP) is an optimization problem introduced in order to provide
a more realistic model for real-world optimization problems. The problem combines the …

Optical networks and the related technologies, network management software and services
have undergone remarkable developments, and such networks are now the ultra-high …

Traffic grooming is concerned with the design, operation, and control of networks with
multigranular bandwidth demands. As the number of resources in a multigranular network …

The continuous growth of traffic coming from a plethora of bandwidth-hungry applications
will drive network operators to further pursue strategies to cost-efficiently plan and …

The continuous traffic growth experienced in telecom networks pushes network operators to
constantly investigate new solutions to deploy scalable and cost-effective network …

Real-world problems often consist of several interdependent subproblems. The degree of
interaction of the subproblems is associated with the complexity of the problem and solving …

The traffic grooming problem is of high practical importance in emerging wide-area
wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) optical networks, yet it is intractable for any but …

Pattern recognition is one of the fundamental competencies associated with computational
thinking and STEM education. Although much has been written to define computational …