This book explores a range of important theoretical and practical issues
in the field of computational network application tools, while also
presenting the latest advances and innovations using intelligent
technology approaches. The main focus is on detecting and diagnosing
complex application performance problems so that an optimal and expected
level of system service can be attained and maintained. The book
discusses challenging issues like enhancing system efficiency,
performance, and assurance management, and blends the concept of system
modeling and optimization techniques with soft computing, neural
network, and sensor network approaches. In addition, it presents certain
metrics and measurements that can be translated into business value.
These metrics and measurements can also help to establish an empirical
performance baseline for various applications, which can be used to
identify changes in system performance. By presenting various
intelligent technologies, the book provides readers with compact but
insightful information on several broad and rapidly growing areas in the
computation network application domain.
The book's twenty-two chapters examine and address current and future
research topics in areas like neural networks, soft computing,
nature-inspired computing, fuzzy logic and evolutionary computation,
machine learning, smart security, and wireless networking, and cover a
wide range of applications from pattern recognition and system modeling,
to intelligent control problems and biomedical applications.
The book was written to serve a broad readership, including engineers,
computer scientists, management professionals, and mathematicians
interested in studying tools and techniques for computational
intelligence and applications for performance analysis. Featuring
theoretical concepts and best practices in computational network
applications, it will also be helpful for researchers, graduate and
undergraduate students with an interest in the fields of soft computing,
neural networks, machine learning, sensor networks, smart security,
etc.
