This study examines the challenges of healthcare systems toward sustainable inventory
management of blood products. In this regard, three main goals are pursued; First …

Fog computing allows services to be deployed on computing resources at the edge of the
network to address the limitations of centralized cloud systems. However, the adoption of fog …

Network function virtualization can decouple the traditional network function from the
dedicated hardware, abstracts the software-based virtual network function from the …

By decoupling virtualized network functions from the dedicated network equipment on which
they run, Network Function Virtualization (NFV) has brought a flexible and economical way …

Network function virtualization (NFV) is a name of technology for replacing hardware‐based
network functions with software programs. Virtual network function (VNF) is a software …

Abstract Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is a novel technology that enables flexible
and cost-effective networks by replacing the hardware-based middleboxes with software run …

Network function virtualization (NFV) is a new network architecture that replaces dedicated
hardware appliances with software instances and run them via software virtualization on …

The use of virtual network functions (VNFs) enables the implementation of service function
chains (SFCs), which is an innovative approach for delivering network services. The …

Designing efficient and flexible approaches for placement of Virtual Network Function (VNF)
chains is the main success of Network Function Virtualization (NFV). However, most current …

Network Function Visualization (NFV) is a technology that promises to provide greater
flexibility and dynamism than the traditional, conventional networks with middlebox …