In next-generation networks (NGN), a very large number of devices and applications are
emerged, along with the heterogeneity of technologies, architectures, mobile data, etc., and …

With the continuing advancements in technologies (such as machine to machine, wireless
telecommunications, artificial intelligence, and big data analysis), the Internet of Things (IoT) …

Inspired by swarm intelligence observed in social species, the artificial self-organized
networking (SON) systems are expected to exhibit some intelligent features (eg, flexibility …

For the past 20 years, many authors have focused their investigations on wireless sensor
networks. Various issues related to wireless sensor networks such as energy minimization …

With the widespread deployment of wireless technologies and IoT, 5G wireless networks will
support various communication connectivity and services for the huge number of wireless …

Network performance optimization has always been one of the important research subjects
in mobile wireless sensor networks. With the expansion of the application field of MWSNs …

We are living in an era where the Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming a global platform for
the computation and interaction between machines and smart objects in real-time …

Many optimization problems in science and engineering are challenging to solve, and the
current trend is to use swarm intelligence (SI) and SI-based algorithms to tackle such …

In wireless communication systems (WCSs), the network optimization problems (NOPs) play
an important role in maximizing system performance by setting appropriate network …

In recent times, wireless access technology is becoming increasingly commonplace due to
the ease of operation and installation of untethered wireless media. The design of wireless …