Note: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Blockchain Supported Sustainable Supply Chain in Industry 4.0 -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background -- 2.1 Blockchain -- 2.2 Sustainable Development -- 2.3 Industry 4.0 -- 3 Sustainable Supply Chain -- 3.1 Green Supply Chain Practices -- 3.2 Improved Product Lifecycle -- 3.3 The Improved System and Operational Efficiency -- 3.4 Improved Monitoring and Reporting Sustainability -- 4 Use Cases of Blockchain -- 4.1 Lessening Bullwhip Effect -- 4.2 Producer Responsibility -- 4.3 Shipment and Transportation Tracking -- 4.4 Traceability of Food Safety and Recall -- 4.5 Blockchain and Its Adverse Effects -- 5 Discussion -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- COVID-19 Cases in India: A Study on the Effect of Weather Factors and Building the Forecast Model -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 3 Methodology -- 3.1 Problem Statement and Data Understanding -- 3.2 Methodology -- 4 Experiment and Result Analysis -- 4.1 Data Preprocessing -- 4.2 Exploratory Data Analysis -- 4.3 Model Building -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- A Review on Scheduling in Cloud Fog Computing Environments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Fog Computing Characteristics -- 2.1 An Area on the Outskirts -- 2.2 Heterogenetic -- 2.3 Topographical Dissemination -- 2.4 Sensor Network on a Large Scale -- 2.5 Assistance with Mobility -- 3 Challenges of Cloud Computing -- 3.1 Information Security and Privacy -- 3.2 Management of Costs -- 3.3 Environments with Multiple Clouds -- 3.4 Execution Challenges -- 3.5 Interoperability and Flexibility -- 3.6 High Dependence on Network -- 4 Challenges of Fog Computing -- 4.1 Programming Models -- 4.2 Security and Reliability -- 4.3 Resource Management -- 4.4 Job Scheduling -- 5 Scheduling Techniques and Types -- 5.1 Scheduling Techniques -- 5.2 Scheduling Types -- 6 Literature Survey -- 7 Comparative Study. , 8 Conclusion -- References -- Simplifying Handwritten Medical Prescription: OCR Approach -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review on Optical Character Recognition -- 3 Solution Design and Methodology -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Profiling the IPL Players-Sports Analytics Through Clustering Algorithms -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 3 Objective -- 4 Methodology -- 4.1 Data Description -- 4.2 Process Flow -- 5 Analysis -- 6 Results -- 7 Managerial Applications -- 8 Methodological Limitations -- 9 Conclusion -- References -- Data Analytics in Operation Management -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 2.1 Supply Chain Management (SCM) -- 2.2 Revenue Management -- 2.3 Inventory Management -- 2.4 Quality Management -- 2.5 Goods and Services -- 2.6 Scheduling -- 2.7 Maintenance -- 2.8 HR and Job Design -- 3 Location -- 4 Inventory Management -- 5 Revenue Management -- 5.1 Maintenance -- 6 Analysis -- 6.1 Supply Chain Management -- 6.2 Revenue Management -- 6.3 Inventory Management -- 6.4 Quality Management -- 6.5 Process Design -- 6.6 Location -- 6.7 Scheduling -- 6.8 Maintenance -- 6.9 HR and Job Design -- 6.10 Goods and Services -- 7 Consolidated Application of Data Analytics in Operation Management -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- Image Retrieval Technique Using Visual Features in Content-Based Image Retrieval System -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Literature Review -- 2 Methodology -- 2.1 Dataset -- 2.2 Visual Search Algorithm -- 3 Experimental Results -- 3.1 Parameters -- 3.2 Proposed Methodology Result -- 3.3 Comparison with Other Models -- 4 Conclusion and Future Scope -- References -- Intelligent Hybrid VLC/RF Communication Protocol for Train Data Transfer -- 1 Introduction -- 2 State of the Art -- 3 Common use Case Application -- 3.1 Hashing Algorithms -- 3.2 VLC Transmission Speed -- 4 Experimentations -- 5 Conclusion -- References. , Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Path Planning Based on an Enhanced Whale Optimization Algorithm -- 1 Introduction -- 2 UAV Path Planning Problem Formulation -- 2.1 Environment Representation -- 2.2 Objective Function -- 3 Preliminaries -- 3.1 Whale Optimization Algorithm -- 3.2 Quasi Reflection Opposition-Based Learning -- 4 Quasi Reflection Whale Optimization Algorithm for UAV Path Planning -- 5 Results and Discussions -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Reviewing Scope of Multimodal Approach in Face and Iris Recognition -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Biometric -- 1.2 Biometric Authentication -- 1.3 Biometric Multimodal -- 1.4 Face Recognition -- 1.5 Iris Recognition -- 2 Literature Review -- 3 Problem Statement -- 4 Need of Research -- 5 Scope of Research -- References -- Applications of Deep Reinforcement Learning for Drug Discovery -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 3 Drug Discovery Process -- 4 Deep Reinforcement Learning Model for Drug Discovery -- 5 Generative Model -- 6 Predictive Model -- 7 Reinforcement Learning Process -- 8 Policy Gradient -- 9 Reward Function -- 10 Feature Dataset -- 11 Conclusion -- References -- Deep Learning-Based Framework for URL Phishing Detection -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Various Approaches Used for the Detection of the Phishing Websites -- 2 Literature Review -- 2.1 Literature Survey of Papers -- 2.2 Research Gap Identified from the Literature Survey -- 3 Dataset Description -- 4 Working Methodology -- 4.1 EDA and Data Pre-processing -- 4.2 Dataset Balancing Performed -- 4.3 Feature Selection -- 4.4 Splitting of the Dataset -- 5 Model Description -- 5.1 Random Forest (Bagging Based Classification Technique) -- 5.2 Perceptron -- 5.3 ANN (Artificial Neural Network) -- 5.4 Experimental Setup -- 5.5 Important Terminologies for Deep Neural Networks -- 5.6 Proposed Method -- 5.7 Model Performance Analysis. , 6 Conclusion and Future Work -- 6.1 Limitations/Challenges of Detection of Phishing Website Detection -- 6.2 Future Work -- References -- Machine Learning-Based Prototype Design for Rainfall Forecasting -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 2.1 Literature Survey of Papers -- 3 Working Methodology -- 3.1 Preprocessing -- 3.2 Undersampling -- 3.3 Oversampling -- 3.4 Feature Selection -- 4 Result Analysis -- 5 Conclusion and Future Work -- References -- BERT Based Language Identification in Code-Mixed English-Assamese Social Media Text -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Relevant Work -- 3 Approach -- 3.1 Dataset details -- 3.2 BERT Based Neural Network Model -- 4 Experiment Details -- 5 Results and Discussion -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Enhanced White Shark Optimization Algorithm for the Mesh Routers Placement Problem with Service Priority in Wireless Mesh Networks -- 1 Introduction -- 2 MRP Problem Formulation -- 3 Preliminaries -- 3.1 White Shark Optimization (WSO) Algorithm -- 3.2 Roulette Fitness Balance Distance (RFDB) -- 4 Roulette Fitness Distance Balance White Shark Optimization (RFDB-WSO) for the MRP Problem with Service Priority in WMNs -- 5 Simulation Results -- 5.1 Effect of Varying the Number of MCs -- 5.2 Effect of Varying the Number of MRs -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Wearable Technologies for Health: Investigating Behavioral Intention to Adopt Cloud-Based Smartwatch -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Cloud-Based Smartwatches (C-BSW) -- 1.2 Cloud-Based Smart Bands -- 1.3 Heartbeat Rate -- 1.4 Calorie Counter -- 1.5 Sleep Monitor -- 1.6 Revolutionary Pedometer -- 1.7 Blood Oxygen Level -- 1.8 Breathing Monitor -- 1.9 Drinking Water and Handwash Reminder -- 2 Literature Review and Hypotheses -- 2.1 Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) -- 2.2 Perceived Usefulness -- 2.3 Perceived Ease of Use -- 2.4 Attitude and Behavioral Intention. , 2.5 Health Benefits -- 2.6 Habit -- 2.7 Social Influence -- 3 Methodology -- 3.1 Sample and Data Collection Procedure -- 3.2 Variable Measures and Method of Analysis -- 4 Results and Discussion -- 4.1 Assessment of Measurement Model -- 5 Managerial Implications -- 6 Limitations and Scope for Further Research -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Comparison of ML Algorithms for Heart Disease Detection -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Heart -- 1.2 Machine Learning -- 2 Datasets Used -- 3 Related Work -- 4 Proposed Model -- 5 Result and Conclusion -- References -- Subsurface Lithology Classification Using Well Log Data, an Application of Supervised Machine Learning -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Overview of the Study Area and Data Used -- 3 Methodology Adopted -- 4 Data Interpretation and Modeling Results -- 4.1 Pre-model Preparation Data Overview -- 4.2 Evaluating ML Model -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Using Blockchain in Pharmaceutical Industry to Prevent Vaccine Counterfeiting -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 Challenges Toward Vaccine Distribution and Administration -- 3.1 Counterfeiting of Vaccines -- 3.2 Temperature-Controlled Storage -- 3.3 Quality Assurance -- 3.4 Administration of the Vaccine -- 3.5 Post-Launch Challenges -- 4 Methodology and Implementation -- 4.1 Blockchain -- 4.2 Vaccine Distribution -- 4.3 Vaccine Administration and Verification -- 4.4 Vaccine Supply Blockchain -- 5 Results -- 6 Conclusion and Future Work -- References -- Reviewing Metaverse: Applications, Challenges, and Integration with Other Technologies -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 Applications -- 3.1 Metaverse in Healthcare -- 3.2 Metaverse in Gaming -- 3.3 Metaverse in Education -- 3.4 Metaverse and Metaeconomics -- 3.5 Metaverse in Tourism -- 4 Relationship of Metaverse with Other Technologies -- 4.1 Metaverse Empowered with Blockchain. , 4.2 Metaverse and Artificial Intelligence.