This book addresses the field of geographic information extraction and retrieval from textual documents. Geographic information retrieval is a rapidly emerging subject, a trend fostered by the growing power of the Internet and the emerging possibilities of data dissemination. Af…
Optimization is generally a reduction operation of a definite quantity. This process naturally takes place in our environment and through our activities. For example, many natural systems evolve, in order to minimize their potential energy. Modeling these phenomena then largely …
This book focuses on the idea of how to apply bio-inspired principles into VANET routing to improve road safety, and to ensure QoS of vehicular applications. Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks (VANETs) play a key role developing Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), aiming to achieve…