A comprehensive review of nature inspired routing algorithms for fixed telecommunication networks

Journal of Systems Architecture

Volumn 52, Issue 8-9, 2006, Pages 461-484

  Wedde, Horst F ^a   Farooq, Muddassar ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Natural; Networks; Routing protocols; Swarm intelligence

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PACKET NETWORKS;

NATURAL; ROUTING PROTOCOLS; SWARM INTELLIGENCE;

TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

EID: 33745841945     PISSN: 13837621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sysarc.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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