Mathematical and Numerical Modeling of Information Dissemination in Mobile Networks
Pin‐Han Ho, Chih‐Hao Lin, An-Yi Chen · Journal of Applied Mathematics · 2013
This special issue covers a number of developing topics in mathematical and numerical modeling of information dissemination in mobile networks.The 15 research articles included in this special issue present original research outcomes and future evolutions of mathematics in mobility and networking.From communication mechanisms to mobile applications, the topics of this special issue are classified into three categories, namely, complex models, techniques, and applications.The first group of papers addresses issues in the area of information dissemination via mathematical modelling approaches.In the paper of "Efficient periodic broadcasting for mobile networks at small client receiving bandwidth and buffering space, " H.-F. Yu et al. introduced a new Fibonaccibroadcasting scheme (called FiB+) for video broadcasting and achieved smaller client buffering space than that of FiB under two-channel receiving bandwidth.In the paper entitled "Single-channel data broadcasting under small waiting latency, " H.-F. Yu proposes a single-channel broadcasting scheme for video-on-demand services.By partitioning a video into equal-sized segments, these classified segments have been transferred over a single channel according to a predefined arrangement to yield short waiting time of data broadcasting.In the paper "A mutual-evaluation genetic algorithm for numerical and routing optimization, " C.-H. Lin and J.-D.He present a mutual-evaluation genetic algorithm (MEGA) to find optimal flow-allocation strategies for multipath-routing problems.In the paper entitled "Minimum-cost QoS-constrained deployment and routing policies for wireless relay networks, " F.-Y.