Advances in Nature-Inspired Computing and Applications

A Nature-inspired Decision System for Secure Cyber Network Architecture.- Optimizing Resource Allocation in Next-Generation Wireless Networks Considering Carrier Aggregation Using Evolutionary Programming.- Artificial Feeding Birds (AFB): a new metaheuristic inspired by the behavior of pigeons.- Nature - Inspired Algorithms for Medical Image Processing.- Firefly Algorithm applied to the Estimation of Parameters of Photovoltaic Systems.- Realization of PSO-based Adaptive Beamforming Algorithm for Smart Antennas.- A Multi-objective Analysis and Comparison of Bio-inspired Approaches for the Cluster-Head Selection problem in WSN.- An Energy Efficient Cluster Head Selection using Artificial Bees Colony Optimization for Wireless Sensor Networks.- Modified Krill Herd Algorithm for Global Numerical Optimization Problems.- Application of Nature-Inspired Optimization Techniques in Vessel Traffic Control.- Enhanced throughput and accelerated detection of network attacks using a membrane computing model implemented on a GPU.- Physics-based Algorithms for Boolean Target Coverage.- A Hybrid Bio- Inspired Algorithm for Protein Domain Problems.- Modeling Service Discovery over Wireless Mesh Networks.