This book addresses and disseminates state-of-the-art research and development of differential evolution (DE) and its recent advances, such as the development of adaptive, self-adaptive and hybrid techniques. Differential evolution is a population-based meta-heuristic technique for global optimization capable of handling non-differentiable, non-linear and multi-modal objective functions. Many advances have been made recently in differential evolution, from theory to applications. This book comprises contributions which include theoretical developments in DE, performance comparisons of DE, hybrid DE approaches, parallel and distributed DE for multi-objective optimization, software implementations, and real-world applications. The book is useful for researchers, practitioners, and students in disciplines such as optimization, heuristics, operations research and natural computing.

This book addresses and disseminates research and development in the applications of intelligent techniques for computer vision, the field that works on enabling computers to see, identify, and process images in the same way that human vision does, and then providing appropriate output. The book provides contributions which include theory, case studies, and intelligent techniques pertaining to computer vision applications. The book helps readers grasp the essence of the recent advances in this complex field. The audience includes researchers, professionals, practitioners, and students from academia and industry who work in this interdisciplinary field. The authors aim to inspire future research both from theoretical and practical viewpoints to spur further advances in the field.

This book addresses and disseminates state-of-the-art research and development in the applications of intelligent techniques for smart grids and renewable energy systems. This helps the readers to grasp the extensive point of view and the essence of the recent advances in this field. The book solicits contributions from active researchers which include theory, case studies and intelligent paradigms pertaining to the smart grid and renewable energy systems. The prospective audience would be researchers, professionals, practitioners and students from academia and industry who work in this field.

1) The objective of this book is to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners to exchange ideas and progress in Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) by highlighting some original research and survey chapters. It offers a rigorous introduction to theoretical foundations and discusses practical solution techniques for building cyber-physical systems, communication and control, intelligence and security 2) There will be a demand for this book since Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) is a rapidly emerging field, which will provide the foundation of future smart services, and improve our quality of life in many areas. 3) It is highly recommended to be used as a reference book for a graduate and post graduate level programmes in Universities with focus on research in Computer science related courses.

This book includes original research findings in the field of memetic algorithms for image processing applications. It gathers contributions on theory, case studies, and design methods pertaining to memetic algorithms for image processing applications ranging from defence, medical image processing, and surveillance, to computer vision, robotics, etc. The content presented here provides new directions for future research from both theoretical and practical viewpoints, and will spur further advances in the field.

1) The objective of this book is to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners to exchange ideas and progress in Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) by highlighting some original research and survey chapters. It offers a rigorous introduction to theoretical foundations and discusses practical solution techniques for building cyber-physical systems, communication and control, intelligence and security 2) There will be a demand for this book since Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) is a rapidly emerging field, which will provide the foundation of future smart services, and improve our quality of life in many areas. 3) It is highly recommended to be used as a reference book for a graduate and post graduate level programmes in Universities with focus on research in Computer science related courses.

Provides fundamentals of automotive software architectures. Discusses validation and verification of automotive systems. Covers communication protocols in automotive software development process. Discusses AUTOSAR architecture for electric vehicle. Examines open-source architecture in automotive software industry.

This book addresses and disseminates state-of-the-art research and development of differential evolution (DE) and its recent advances, such as the development of adaptive, self-adaptive and hybrid techniques. Differential evolution is a population-based meta-heuristic technique for global optimization capable of handling non-differentiable, non-linear and multi-modal objective functions. Many advances have been made recently in differential evolution, from theory to applications. This book comprises contributions which include theoretical developments in DE, performance comparisons of DE, hybrid DE approaches, parallel and distributed DE for multi-objective optimization, software implementations, and real-world applications. The book is useful for researchers, practitioners, and students in disciplines such as optimization, heuristics, operations research and natural computing.

This book addresses and disseminates state-of-the-art research and development in the applications of intelligent techniques for smart grids and renewable energy systems. This helps the readers to grasp the extensive point of view and the essence of the recent advances in this field. The book solicits contributions from active researchers which include theory, case studies and intelligent paradigms pertaining to the smart grid and renewable energy systems. The prospective audience would be researchers, professionals, practitioners and students from academia and industry who work in this field.

This book includes original research findings in the field of memetic algorithms for image processing applications. It gathers contributions on theory, case studies, and design methods pertaining to memetic algorithms for image processing applications ranging from defence, medical image processing, and surveillance, to computer vision, robotics, etc. The content presented here provides new directions for future research from both theoretical and practical viewpoints, and will spur further advances in the field.

Smart healthcare has gradually gained its popularity because of the development of information technologies and computing paradigms such as internet of things (loT), big data, Cloud computing and artificial intelligence. These technologies transform the conventional medical system in to smarter one by making healthcare more convenient, efficient, accurate, and more customized. Smart healthcare will lead to a revolutionized healthcare system that enables the participation of all people for the early prediction and prevention of diseases so that preemptive and pro-active treatment can be delivered. The aim of this edited book is to publish the latest research advancements in the convergence of automation technology, artificial intelligence, biomedical engineering and health informatics. This will help the readers to grasp the extensive point of view and the essence of the recent advances in this field. This book solicits contributions which include theory, case studies and computing paradigms pertaining to the healthcare applications. The prospective audience would be researchers, professionals, practitioners, and students from academia and industry who work in this field. We hope the chapters presented will inspire future research both from theoretical and practical viewpoints to spur further advances in the field. The entire book is the contribution of interdisciplinary expertise available in the esteemed Institution PSG College of Technology, an ISO 9001:2015 certified Government aided Institution, belonging to Department of Information Technology, Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology. A brief introduction about each chapter is as follows. Chapter 1 focuses on health informatics which provides an overview of the various types of data originating from the medical information, Chapter 2 objective is to provide a asmart connected environment' which includes storing, processing and exchange information seamlessly using technologies. Chapter 3 deals with an intelligent healthcare system for automatic diagnosis of diseases based on IOT enabled cloud computing framework and deep learning Chapter 4 discuss about basic concepts of digital twin technology and implementation of digital twin in various health care domains. Chapter 5 proposes a graph based framework for classification, feature selection method which uses the existing notion, histograms for extracting isotonic features from a data set. Chapter 6 explains the significance of convolution neural network in medical image analysis. Chapter 7 summarizes recent advances in AI tools applied in cancer diagnosis and research for disease prediction and biomarker discovery. Chapter 8 explores DNA microarray data followed by the implementation of machine learning algorithms to obtain the highly predictive genes for classification. Chapter 9 uses various data structures such as hash tables and prefix-based search trees to efficiently query the EHR data present in the Blockchain. Chapter 10 focuses on agreeing upon a common symmetric cryptographic key generated from the ECG signal collected at different locations of a patient using linear prediction and error control coding techniques. We are grateful to the authors and reviewers for their excellent contributions for making this book possible.