This book presents the latest techniques for the design of antenna, focusing specifically on the microstrip antenna.  The authors discuss antenna structure, defected ground, MIMO, and fractal design. The book provides the design of microstrip antenna in terms of latest applications and uses in areas like IoT and device-to-device communication. The book also provides the current methods and techniques used for the enhancement of the performance parameters of the microstrip antenna. Chapters enhance the knowledge and skills of students and researchers in the latest in the communications world...

This book provides a comprehensive exchange of information on current developments in the field of sustainable management of manufacturing systems and Industry 4.0. The authors’ ambition is to establish channels of communication and disseminate knowledge among professionals working in smart manufacturing and related institutions. The book brings together world-leading academics and practitioners from the fields of engineering, infrastructure planning, manufacturing management, and economics. The unique combination of fields and disciplines focused on Industry 4.0 provides presents...

This book provides readers with emerging research that explores the theoretical and practical aspects of implementing new and innovative artificial intelligence (AI) techniques for renewable energy systems. The contributions offer broad coverage on economic and promotion policies of renewable energy and energy-efficiency technologies, the emerging fields of neuro-computational models and simulations under uncertainty (such as fuzzy-based computational models and fuzzy trace theory), evolutionary computation, metaheuristics, machine learning applications, advanced optimization, and stochastic...

This book offers a comprehensive overview of Software-Defined Network (SDN) based ad-hoc network technologies and exploits recent developments in this domain, with a focus on emerging technologies in SDN based ad-hoc networks. The authors offer practical and innovative applications in Network Security, Smart Cities, e-health, and Intelligent Systems. This book also addresses several key issues in SDN energy-efficient systems, the Internet of Things, Big Data, Cloud Computing and Virtualization, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Cryptography. The book includes different ad hoc networks such...

This book focuses on the integration of IoT and computer aided systems for the development of smart buildings. The scope of the book includes, but is not restricted to, advanced technologies for monitoring, energy management, smart gardening, protection, safety, assisted living, and intelligent operations. The authors cover the wide aspects of interconnected smart services with convenient interfacing to the end-users. The features of this book include discussion on various aspects of IoT and computer aided systems for smart architecture designs and innovative object interconnections....

This book presents how federated learning helps to understand and learn from user activity in Internet of Things (IoT) applications while protecting user privacy. The authors first show how federated learning provides a unique way to build personalized models using data without intruding on users’ privacy. The authors then provide a comprehensive survey of state-of-the-art research on federated learning, giving the reader a general overview of the field. The book also investigates how a personalized federated learning framework is needed in cloud-edge architecture as well as in...

This book presents selected papers from the International Conference on Computing, Communication, Electrical and Biomedical Systems (ICCCEBS 2021), held in March 2021 at KPR College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. The conference explores the interface between industry and real-time environments with newly developed techniques in computing and communications engineering. The papers describe results of conceptual, constructive, empirical, experimental, and theoretical work in areas of computing, communication, electrical, and biomedical systems. Contributors...

This proceeding features papers from EAI Mobility IoT 2022 – the 9th International Conference on Mobility, IoT and Smart Cities, which took place December 15-16, 2022, Bratislava, Slovakia and online. The conference focuses on innovative technologies influencing industry and connectivity sectors in industrial, urban, social and sustainable development. The papers cover many topics in mobility, including car manufacturing, e-mobility, smart cities, smart factories (Industry 4.0), smart logistics, social mobility, technological innovations, sustainability, multicultural development, Internet...

This book features the proceedings of the 5thEAI International Conference on Big Data Innovation for Sustainable Cognitive Computing (BDCC 2022). The papers feature detail on cognitive computing and its self-learning systems that use data mining, pattern recognition and natural language processing (NLP) to mirror the way the human brain works. This international conference focuses on technologies from knowledge representation techniques and natural language processing algorithms to dynamic learning approaches. Topics covered include Data Science for Cognitive Analysis, Real-Time Ubiquitous...

This book focuses on the use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) based techniques to solve issues related to communication networks, their layers, as well as their applications. The book first offers an introduction to recent trends regarding communication networks. The authors then provide an overview of theoretical concepts of AI/ML, techniques and protocols used in different layers of communication. Furthermore, this book presents solutions that help analyze complex patterns in user data and ultimately improve productivity. Throughout, AI/ML-based solutions are...