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Contents xi<br />

10.5 A Strong Multi-tree Model for RAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234<br />

10.5.1 The Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234<br />

10.5.2 LP Strength . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236<br />

10.6 Experimental Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237<br />

10.6.1 Results for MET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238<br />

10.6.2 Results for RAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239<br />

10.7 Concluding Remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243<br />

References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244<br />

11 Improving <strong>Network</strong> Connectivity in Ad Hoc <strong>Network</strong>s Using<br />

Particle Swarm <strong>Optimization</strong> <strong>and</strong> Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247<br />

Abdullah Konak, Orhan Dengiz, <strong>and</strong> Alice E. Smith<br />

11.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247<br />

11.2 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248<br />

11.3 Proposed MANET Management System <strong>and</strong> Problem Description 250<br />

11.3.1 Objectives <strong>and</strong> Evaluating <strong>Network</strong> Connectivity . . . . . . . 250<br />

11.3.2 Future User Location Prediction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251<br />

11.3.3 <strong>Optimization</strong> Problem <strong>and</strong> Deployment Decision . . . . . . . 252<br />

11.4 Particle Swarm <strong>Optimization</strong> <strong>and</strong> Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253<br />

11.4.1 Particle Swarm <strong>Optimization</strong> (PSO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253<br />

11.4.2 The <strong>Optimization</strong> Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255<br />

11.4.3 Semi-Intelligent Agent Node Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257<br />

11.5 Computational Experiments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258<br />

11.5.1 Mobility Simulation Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259<br />

11.5.2 The Effect of Number of Agents, Future Location<br />

Prediction, <strong>and</strong> Clustering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260<br />

11.5.3 Comparative Performance of the PSO Algorithm . . . . . . . 262<br />

11.6 Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264<br />

References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265<br />

Part IV <strong>Optimization</strong> Problems in the Operation of <strong>Wireless</strong> <strong>Network</strong>s<br />

12 Simulation-Based Methods for <strong>Network</strong> <strong>Design</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271<br />

Marina Aguado, Jasone Astorga, Nerea Toledo <strong>and</strong> Jon Matias<br />

12.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272<br />

12.2 Simulation Methodologies: a Taxonomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274<br />

12.3 Validating Discrete Event Simulations: the R<strong>and</strong>om Number<br />

Seed <strong>and</strong> the Confidence Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276<br />

12.4 Survey of Simulation for <strong>Wireless</strong> <strong>Network</strong> <strong>Design</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280<br />

12.5 Case Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281<br />

12.5.1 Traffic Modeling Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282<br />

12.5.2 <strong>Network</strong>ability <strong>and</strong> Impact Assessment Application . . . . . 284<br />

12.5.3 <strong>Network</strong> Operations <strong>and</strong> Capacity Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . 285<br />

12.5.4 <strong>Network</strong> Research <strong>and</strong> Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286<br />

12.5.5 <strong>Network</strong> Emulation with Click . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290<br />

12.6 Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

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