Note: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Communication and Network Technologies -- State of the Art: A Review on Vehicular Communications, Impact of 5G, Fractal Antennas for Future Communication -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Vehicular Network Architecture (VNA) -- 1.2 Vehicular Communication Applications (VCA) -- 2 Communications -- 3 Existing Proposals -- 4 Fractal Antennas -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Energy Enhancement of TORA and DYMO by Optimization of Hello Messaging Using BFO for MANETs -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 MANET's Route Selection Process -- 1.2 Routing Protocols -- 2 Literature Review -- 3 Problem Formulation and Major Issues -- 4 Proposed Protocol Optimization Using BFOA -- 4.1 Introduction to BFOA -- 4.2 Bacteria Foraging Optimization Algorithm (BFOA) -- 5 Results and Comparison -- 5.1 Implementation Results -- 5.2 Comparisons -- 5.3 Optimization Results -- 6 Result and Conclusion -- References -- Horseshoe-Shaped Multiband Antenna for Wireless Application -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Horseshoe Fractal Design Methodology -- 3 Simulation Setup -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- A Review Paper on Performance Analysis of IEEE 802.11e -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Medium Access Control Layer -- 1.2 Distributed Coordination Function (DCF) -- 1.3 Enhanced Distributed Coordination Function (EDCF) -- 2 Literature Review -- 3 Conclusions -- References -- Voice-Controlled IoT Devices Framework for Smart Home -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 Proposed Model -- 3.1 Hardware Design -- 3.2 System Software -- 4 Analysis -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Comprehensive Analysis of Social-Based Opportunistic Routing Protocol: A Study -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Research Contributions -- 3 Simulation Setup And Description -- 3.1 ONE (Opportunistic Network Environment) Simulator -- 3.2 Mobility Model and Real-World Traces. , 3.3 Simulation Parameter for Different Movement Model -- 4 Simulation Result -- 5 Conclusion and Future Direction -- References -- An Efficient Delay-Based Load Balancing using AOMDV in MANET -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 Delay-Based Load Balancing in MANET -- 4 Experimental Results -- 4.1 Packet Delivery Ratio -- 4.2 Delay -- 4.3 Throughput -- 4.4 Packet Loss Ratio -- 4.5 Normalized Routing Load -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Metaheuristic-Based Intelligent Solutions Searching Algorithms of Ant Colony Optimization and Backpropagation in Neural Networks -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Swarm Intelligence and Problems Solving -- 2.1 Metaheuristic Algorithms -- 2.2 Ant Colony Optimization Search Algorithm -- 2.3 Neural Networks -- 2.4 Related Works -- 3 Methodology -- 3.1 Mathematical Model of NN Tuning -- 3.2 Algorithm of Tuning Model -- 4 Discussion of Results -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Evaluating Cohesion Score with Email Clustering -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Works -- 2.1 Comparison Table -- 3 Proposed Cohesion Evaluation-Based Cluster System -- 3.1 Problem Formulation -- 3.2 Architecture -- 4 Experimental Setup -- 4.1 Dataset -- 4.2 Evaluation Measure -- 5 Result Analysis and Discussion -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Congestion Control for Named Data Networking-Based Wireless Ad Hoc Network -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 2.1 Congestion Control for NDN in General -- 2.2 Congestion Control for NDN-Based MANET -- 3 Contribution of This Study -- 4 Standbyme Congestion Control as Suggested Solution -- 4.1 Local Congestion Detection -- 4.2 Hop-by-hop Congestion Notification -- 4.3 Multiple Strategy Congestion Avoidance -- 5 Testbed Design and Facility -- 5.1 Experiment Design and Analysis of Result -- 6 Conclusion and Future Work -- 6.1 Conclusion -- References. , A Comparative Review of Various Techniques for Image Splicing Detection and Localization -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Need for Image Forgery Detection -- 1.2 Types of Image Forgery -- 1.3 Image Forgery Detection Techniques -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Literature Survey -- 3.1 Comparative Analysis of the Existing Splicing Localization Techniques -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Analysis and Synthesis of Performance Parameter of Rectangular Patch Antenna -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Micro Strip Antenna Design -- 3 Experimental Result -- 4 Code for Simulation -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Advanced Computing Technologies and Latest Electrical and Electronics Trends -- Fog Computing Research Opportunities and Challenges: A Comprehensive Survey -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Working of the System -- 2.1 Fog Nodes -- 2.2 Cloud Platform -- 3 Recent Surveys on Fog Computing -- 4 Application of Fog Computing -- 5 Emerging Challenges -- 6 Advantages/Benefits of Fog Computing -- 7 Fog Computing Simulators -- 8 Conclusion and Future Scope -- References -- IIGPTS: IoT-Based Framework for Intelligent Green Public Transportation System -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Motivation -- 1.2 Research Contributions -- 1.3 Organization of the paper -- 2 Related Work -- 3 IIGPTS: System components and architecture -- 3.1 System Components -- 3.2 Architecture of IIGPTS -- 4 Performance Evaluation of IIGPTS -- 4.1 Experimental Setup -- 4.2 Simulation Results -- 5 Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- Integrating the AAL CasAware Platform Within an IoT Ecosystem, Leveraging the INTER-IoT Approach -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Interoperability of IoT Artifacts -- 3 CasAware Project Overview -- 3.1 CasAware Architecture -- 3.2 CasAware Integration-Motivating Scenario -- 4 INTER-IoT Project Overview -- 5 Integrating CasAware into INTER-IoT -- 6 Concluding Remarks -- References. , An IoT-Based Solution for Smart Parking -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background and Related Work -- 3 Proposal and Construction of the Proposed Parking Solution -- 3.1 System Design -- 3.2 System Calibration -- 4 System Evaluation, Demonstration, and Validation -- 5 Conclusion and Future Works -- References -- Online Monitoring of Solar Panel Using I-V Curve and Internet of Things -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Contribution -- 3 Methodologies -- 4 Hardware Descriptions -- 5 Software Description and IoT Implementation -- 6 Conclusion and Future Scope -- References -- Classification of Chest Diseases Using Convolutional Neural Network -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Works -- 2.1 Visual Cortex's Receptive Fields -- 2.2 CNN Architecture Origin -- 2.3 Recognition of Image by CNNs Trained Using Gradient Descent -- 2.4 CNN for Lung Nodule Detection -- 3 Convolutional Neural Network -- 4 Methods -- 4.1 Dataset and Preprocessing -- 4.2 Preprocessing Class Labels -- 4.3 CNN Classification Model -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Age and Gender Prediction Using Convolutional Neural Network -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Machine Learning -- 3 Related Work and Data -- 4 Methodology -- 4.1 Convolutional Neural Network -- 5 Methods for Proposed Work -- 5.1 Data Collection -- 5.2 Dataset Formation -- 5.3 CNN Formation -- 5.4 Training and Testing -- 6 Implemented Work -- 7 Results -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- Vision-Based Human Emotion Recognition Using HOG-KLT Feature -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Works -- 3 Proposed Methodology -- 3.1 Extraction of Histogram of Oriented Gradient Feature -- 3.2 Kanade-Lucas-Tomasi (KLT) Feature -- 3.3 Random Forest (RF) Classifier -- 3.4 Support Vector Machine (SVM) -- 4 Results and Analysis -- 4.1 Performance Evaluation Metrics -- 4.2 GEMEP Dataset -- 4.3 Experimental Results on Random Forest Classifiers -- 5 Conclusion -- References. , An Analysis of Lung Tumor Classification Using SVM and ANN with GLCM Features -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Tumor Types -- 3 Methodology -- 3.1 Segmentation Method -- 3.2 Feature Extraction -- 3.3 Classification of Extracted Tumor -- 4 Proposed Work -- 4.1 Segmentation -- 4.2 Feature Extraction -- 4.3 Tumor Classification -- 5 Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- Lane Detection Models in Autonomous Car -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Property of Road -- 2 Related Work -- 2.1 Mapping from an Image to Affordance -- 2.2 Mapping from Affordance to Action -- 3 Implementation -- 3.1 The Open Racing Vehicle Simulator Evaluation -- 3.2 Qualitative Assessment -- 3.3 Comparison with Baselines -- 4 Visualization -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Various Noises in Medical Images and De-noising Techniques -- 1 Introduction -- 2 De-noising Techniques -- 3 Methods for De-noising an Image -- 4 Results of Comparison of De-noising Algorithms -- 5 Removing Salt and Pepper Noise -- 6 Removing Speckle Noise -- 7 De-noising Results for Synthetic Data -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- Debunking Online Reputation Rumours Using Hybrid of Lexicon-Based and Machine Learning Techniques -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 The Proposed ReputeCheck Model -- 3.1 Data Collection -- 3.2 Pre-processing -- 3.3 Feature Engineering -- 3.4 Classification -- 4 Results -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- A Novel Approach for Optimal Digital FIR Filter Design Using Hybrid Grey Wolf and Cuckoo Search Optimization -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Design Model of FIR -- 3 Hybrid Grey Wolf and Cuckoo Search Optimization -- 4 Simulation Results -- 4.1 Low-Pass Filter -- 4.2 High-Pass Filter -- 4.3 Band-Pass Filter -- 4.4 Band-Stop Filter -- 5 Analysis of Simulation Result -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Quasi-opposition-Based Multi-verse Optimization Algorithm for Feature Selection -- 1 Introduction. , 1.1 Structuring of the Paper.