[DMANET] Algorithms: Special issue on "Virtual Network Embedding" - call for contributions

Journal: Algorithms (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms)

Special issue on "Virtual Network Embedding"
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms/special_issues/Virtual_Network

Guest Editor: Prof. Dr. Andreas Fischer

Submission deadline: 15 July 2020
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With the rise of software-defined networking and network function
virtualization, sophisticated optimization of complex communication
networks is more important than ever. The field of virtual network
embedding has emerged, discussing all aspects of the optimization of
resource assignment in complex networks. Practical applications include
federated cloud environments or mobile (5G) telecommunication networks.
The optimization itself often hits a performance bound, as the
underlying resource assignment problem is found to be NP-complete. This
requires elaborate heuristic algorithms. Solution approaches encompass
all types of optimization algorithms, online and offline, with resource
models ranging from simple numbers to elaborate node and link
categories. Recently, advances in artificial intelligence and machine
learning have also provided promising results this field. Further, the
evaluation and in-depth comparison of related solution approaches has
started to gain more attention.
In this Special Issue, we want to discuss recent research advances in
this field. We invite novel contributions showing interesting and
relevant results related to the keywords listed below.

Keywords

Planning and optimization for complex networks
Service function chain embedding
Network embedding for cloud providers
Dynamic service provisioning in operator networks
Resource planning for software-defined networks
Network resource allocation
Nonlinear optimization algorithms
Machine learning for network optimization
Mixed integer linear programming for embedding
Embedding heuristics and metaheuristics
Algorithmic experimentation and evaluation
Random problem generation for embedding algorithms
Simulation environments

Manuscript Submission Information
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go to the submission form.

Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be
peer-reviewed. Accepted papers
will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and
will be listed together on
the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as
short communications are
invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100
words) can be sent to the
Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be
under consideration for
publication elsewhere, except conference proceedings papers. In the
latter case (of conference
proceedings papers), the submitted manuscript should provide at least
40% new content.

All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind
peer-review process. A guide for
authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is
available on the Instructions
for Authors page (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms/instructions).
Algorithms is an international
peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page
(https://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms/instructions)
before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC -
https://www.mdpi.com/about/apc)
for publication in this open access
(https://www.mdpi.com/about/openaccess) journal is 1000 CHF
(Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good
English. Authors may use
MDPI's English editing service (https://www.mdpi.com/authors/english)
prior to publication or during author revisions.

Kind regards,
Yi Zhang








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