David Hutchison Livres

This collection features a diverse range of topics focused on self-organizing systems and their applications in modern networking. Keynote speakers delve into the intricacies of engineering self-organizing systems, exploring the role of infrastructure in postmodern internet architecture. The discussions cover ad hoc routing for wireless and sensor networks, including innovative approaches like Mercator for scalable connectivity and adaptive multi-routing protocols for mobile ad hoc networks. Additionally, the development of wireless sensor network nodes with adaptive self-diagnostics is examined, along with efficient overlay topologies for ad hoc networks. Peer-to-peer networking is highlighted, showcasing a generic self-organizing bootstrap service and cooperative service provisioning principles. The architecture of network topology and its reconfiguration strategies against various attacks are also addressed. The text discusses self-organizing control planes for failure management in optical networks and autonomous optimization in next-generation networks. It touches on multicast and mobility protocols, emphasizing bandwidth satisfaction in large-scale mobile ad hoc networks and localization techniques using application predicates. Other miscellaneous topics include cost-aware adaptive load sharing, self-configuration in MANETs, and knowledge-based reasoning through stigmergic linking. Short papers cover dynamic ontology

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