[DMANET] 1st CFP: Special Issue on "Heuristics for Reliable and Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks Deployments" (J. of Heuristics, Springer, Q1)

FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS:

Special Issue on
"HEURISTICS FOR RELIABLE AND EFFICIENT WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS DEPLOYMENTS"

http://arco.unex.es/hrewsn
http://www.springer.com/mathematics/applications/journal/10732

Journal of Heuristics
Springer, ISSN: 1381-1231. Editor-in-Chief: Manuel Laguna.
Impact factor (2011): 1.262 (Q1, COMPUTER SCIENCE, THEORY & METHODS).


Aims and Scope:
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Wireless Sensor Networks are nowadays an extended engineering technology for many
markets due to the great amount of their possibilities in collecting data from
complex environments and processing them for different purposes. Nevertheless, this
interest is not enough to apply this kind of networks as trustworthy solution for
many real-world environments, such as industrial processes and critical
infrastructures, where high reliability is required, together with other related key
aspects as energy, security and efficiency. Many companies could overcome their
reluctances if economic, reliable and easily deployed solutions are provided in this
field. In this scenario, the heuristics and computational intelligence play an
important role to solve many involved optimization problems, doing necessary the
research on advanced solutions that result in a successful product. In this sense,
there are many challenges, trends and open possibilities in this area that deserve
to be known. In this special issue, we seek original, high quality articles, clearly
focused on theoretical or practical aspects of the heuristics and mathematical
optimization methods for obtaining reliable and efficient wireless sensor networks,
including but not limited to the topics shown below.


Topics of Interest:
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The topics related to heuristics for reliable and efficient Wireless Sensor Networks
deployments that are relevant to this special issue include but are not limited to:

* Energy minimization aspects: network lifetime and power savings.
* Efficient networks deployments.
* Heuristics and computational intelligence applied for solving optimization problems.
* Multiobjective optimization problems.
* Fault tolerance and quality of service.
* Robust routing algorithms, network protocols and operating systems.
* Security and privacy aspects of the communications.
* Microprocessors, circuits, and embedded applications.
* Application cases, user studies and experiences.

Papers must be tailored to the problem of the wireless sensor networks and
explicitly consider heuristics and mathematical optimization methods. The editors
maintain the right to reject papers they deem to be out of scope of this special
issue. Only originally unpublished contributions and invited articles will be
considered for the issue. Authors should submit their manuscripts through Editorial
Manager http://www.editorialmanager.com/heur/, selecting "SI - HREWSN" as the
article type.


Important Dates:
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Submission deadline: December 1st, 2013.
Acceptation notification: April 1st, 2014.
Final Papers: June 1st, 2014.


Guest Editors:
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Lead Editor:
Dr. Juan A. Gomez-Pulido
Dept. of Technologies of Computers and Communications, Univ. of Extremadura, Spain
http://arco.unex.es/jangomez
E-mail: jangomez@unex.es

Editor#2:
Jose M. Lanza-Gutierrez
Dept. of Technologies of Computers and Communications, Univ. of Extremadura, Spain
E-mail: jmlanza@unex.es


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