Note: Title Page -- Preface -- Contents -- Enhanced Mobile Ad hoc Routing Protocol Using Cross Layer Design in Wireless Sensor Networks -- Introduction -- Theory -- IEEE 802.15.4 Standard -- Ad hoc On-Demand Distance Vector (AODV) Protocol -- Cross Layer Design -- Propose Energy Weigh - AODV Protocol -- The Simulation -- Result and Performance Analysis -- Conclusion -- References -- Decision Support in Supply Chain Management for Disaster Relief in Somalia -- Introduction -- The Importance of Disaster Management -- Somalia as a Case Study -- Literature Review -- Problem Variants -- Existing Solutions -- Preemptive Multiobjective Programming -- Research Methodology -- Preemptive Optimization -- Data Gathering -- Results and Findings -- Conclusion and Future Work -- References -- Challenges in Cloud Environment -- System Quality Attributes -- Portability -- Recoverability -- Maintainability -- Transparency and Control -- Security -- OS Support -- RHEL Migration on AWS Cloud - An Experience -- Amazon as-is Architecture -- Migration from DevPay to Hourly on Demand -- Infrastructure as Code -- Recommendations -- Manageability -- Configurability -- Maintainability -- Portability -- Conclusion -- Challenges on Amazon Cloud in Load Balancing, Performance Testing and Upgrading -- Hosting a Web Application on Cloud -- Issues with Traditional Infrastructure -- Typical Web Application Topology -- Web Application on AWS -- Components Used -- Learning and Recommendations -- Load Balancers -- Auto Discovery of EC2 Nodes -- Performance Testing Environment -- Application Setup -- Load Generation Strategy -- Measurable Parameters -- Test Results -- Observations -- Recommendation -- Learning -- Conclusion -- A Rule-Based Approach for Effective Resource Provisioning in Hybrid Cloud Environment -- Introduction -- Objectives -- Resource Manager -- Related Work. , Rule Based Resource Manager -- Experimental Evaluation -- Conclusion -- References -- Browser Based IDE to Code in the Cloud -- Introduction -- Cloud Computing -- Integrated Development Environment -- Browser Based Integrated Development Environment -- Real Time Collaboration -- Forums -- Technical Blogs -- Existing Browser Based Coding Environment -- Cloud9 IDE -- CodeRun Studio [7] -- Eclipse Orion [8] -- Ideone -- eXo Cloud IDE -- Proposed System -- Design -- Real Time Collaboration -- Integrated Forum -- Technical Blogs -- Conclusion -- Zero Knowledge Password Authentication Protocol -- Introduction -- Motivation -- Contribution -- Organization of Paper -- Notations and Definitions -- Notations -- Definitions -- Relevance to Prior Work -- Cryptographic Primitives -- The Proposed Security Protocol : Zero Knowledge Password Authentication Protocol (ZK-PAP) -- ZK-PAP with PKE -- Conclusion -- References -- Author Index.

Note: Title Page -- Foreword -- Preface -- Editorial -- Contents -- Genetic Algorithm Based Fuzzy Frequent Pattern Mining from Gene Expression Data -- Introduction -- Goal of the Paper -- Proposed Model -- Paper Layout -- Related Work -- Preliminaries -- Apriori Algorithm -- FP-Growth Algorithm -- Fuzzy FP-Growth Tree -- Genetic Algorithm -- Experimental Evaluation -- Conclusion and Future Work -- References -- Prediction of Protein Tertiary Structure Using Genetic Algorithm -- Introduction -- Related Work -- Proposed Scheme -- Protein Conformation Representation -- Energy Function -- The Algorithm -- Experiments and Results -- Conclusion and Future Work -- References -- Hybrid Image Mining Methods to Classify the Abnormality in Complete Field Image Mammograms Based on Normal Regions -- Introduction -- Full-Field Mammogram Analysis -- Mammogram Database -- Enhancement Based on H Representation -- Regional Feature Extraction -- A Cascading Classifier for Identifying Normal Regions -- Full-Field Analysis Using Overlapped Regions -- Results -- Conclusion -- References -- Handwritten Script Recognition Using DCT, Gabor Filter and Wavelet Features at Line Level -- Introduction -- Method Description -- Data Collection and Preprocessing -- Feature Extraction -- Script Recognition -- Experimental Results -- Conclusion -- References -- Character Recognition Using 2D View and Support Vector Machine -- Introduction -- Character Recognition System -- Image Acquisition -- Preprocessing -- Segmentation -- Feature Extraction -- Classification and Recognition Using Support Vector Machine -- Experimental Result -- Conclusion -- References -- Automatic Localization of Pupil Using Histogram Thresholding and Region Based Mask Filter -- Introduction -- Proposed Method -- Algorithm -- Experimental Results -- Conclusion and Future Work -- References. , A Comparative Analysis on Edge Detection of Colloid Cyst: A Medical Imaging Approach -- Introduction -- Review of Previous Work -- Edge Detection Operators -- Sobel Operator -- Robert's Cross Operator -- Prewitt's Operator -- Laplacian of Gaussian -- Canny's Edge Detection Algorithm -- Performance of Edge Detection Algorithms -- Morphological Analysis -- Implementation of the Method -- Analysis-1 -- Analysis 2 -- Results -- References -- Automatic Localization and Segmentation of Left Ventricle from Short Axis Cine MR Images: An Image Driven Method -- Introduction -- Materials -- Methodology -- Automatic Cropping -- LV Segmentation -- Level Set Method -- Implementation Details -- Experimental Results -- Conclusion -- References -- Performance Analysis of Neural Network and ANFIS in Brain MR Image Classification -- Introduction -- Medical Image Classification -- Block Diagram of the System -- Transformation of Image to Data Form -- Principal Component Analysis -- Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference System -- Neuro Fuzzy Model -- ANFIS Architecture -- Learning Algorithm of ANFIS -- ANFIS Classifier -- Results -- Conclusion -- References -- Hybrid Algorithm Using Fuzzy C-Means and Local Binary Patterns for Image Indexing and Retrieval -- Introduction -- Motivation -- Related Work -- Main Contribution -- Fuzzy C-Means Algorithms -- Local Binary Patterns -- Proposed System Framework (FLBP) -- Similarity Measurement -- Experimental Results and Discussions -- Database DB1 -- Database DB2 -- Conclusions -- References -- Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Based Object Recognition Using Multiple Feature Sets -- Introduction -- Some of the Relevant Works -- System Model -- Input and Pre-processing -- Feature Extraction -- Artificial Neural Network (ANN) -- Experiential Results and Discussion -- Conclusion -- References. , Protein Structure Prediction Using Multiple Artificial Neural Network Classifier -- Introduction -- Basic Biological Concept -- Necessities of PSSP -- Basics of Artificial Neural Network -- Methodology -- System Model -- Results -- Conclusions -- References -- An Intelligent Agent Based Intrusion Detection System Using Fuzzy Rough Set Based Outlier Detection -- Introduction -- Literature Survey -- Intelligent Agent Based Approach -- System Architecture -- Feature Selection Agent -- Fuzzy Rough Set Based Outlier Detection -- Fuzzy Rough Set Based Outlier Detection Algorithm -- Decision Manager -- Fuzzy Rough Set Based SVM (FRSVM) -- Results and Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- Application of Ant Colony Algorithm for Classification and Rule Generation of Data -- Introduction -- Social Insects and Real Ant Colonies -- Ant Colony Optimization -- Ant-Miner.ACO Algorithm for Data Mining -- General Description of Ant-Miner -- Heuristic Function -- Rule Pruning -- Pheromone Updating -- Computational Results -- Dataset -- Test Setup -- Test Results -- Conclusion an Future Work -- References -- Immunised Navigational Controller for Mobile Robot Navigation -- Introduction -- Background -- The Primary and Secondary Response of the Immune System -- Antibodies -- Antibody-Antigen Binding -- Artifical Immune System for Robots -- System Architecture -- Immune Network Formulation -- Selection of Antibodies and Antigens -- Paratope and Idiotope Matrices -- Results and Discussion -- Reinforcement Learning -- Conclusion -- References -- Modified A* Algorithm for Mobile Robot Path Planning -- Introduction -- Related Works -- Proposed Approach -- Assumptions -- Algorithm of Path Planning -- Results and Discussions -- Case I: Obstacle Free Environment -- Case II: Obstacle Avoidance -- Conclusion -- References. , Artificial Immune System Based Path Planning of Mobile Robot -- Introduction -- Biological Immune System -- Concept of Immune System -- Idiotopic Network -- Path Planning Algorithm -- Defining Antibody and Antigen -- Mutual Action of Among Antibodies -- Mobile Robot Path Planning Algorithm Based on AIN -- The Proposed GA -- GA Operators -- Demonstrations -- Collision Free Movements in a Cluttered Environment -- Collision Free Movements in a Simple Environment -- Comparison between the Different Types of Fuzzy Controllers and Neuro-Fuzzy Controller -- Conclusion and Future Works -- References -- Facial Feature Extraction Using a 4D Stereo Camera System -- Introduction -- Face Acquisition -- The 4D Camera System and the Dimensional Imaging Software -- Obj File Format -- Facial Feature Extraction -- Detection of 'Tip of the Nose' -- Detection of the Point Where Nose Meets the Forehead -- Detection of Near Corners of the Two Eyes -- Results -- Future Work -- Discussion -- References -- Author Index.