[Tccc] CfP Springer ANTE SI on Belief Functions in Telecommunication and Networks (Deadline: June 30, 2012)

Abdelhamid Mellouk mellouk
Thu Jun 7 16:07:29 EDT 2012


Call for papers Springer Annals of 
Telecommunications  (ISI and Scopus 
Indexed) 


Special Issue on Belief Functions in Telecommunication and Networks

In the last few years, Dempster-Shafer theory 
also known as Theory of Belief Functions (TBF) or 
Evidence theory have received growing attention 
in many fields of applications such as finance, 
technology, biomedecine, etc. This theory may be 
seen as a generalization framework of different 
instances such as probability, fuzzy sets and 
possibility theories. Using Demspster-Shafer 
belief functions to express available information 
allows considering two kind of uncertainty: 
aleatory uncertainty due to the variability of 
the variable of interest in the population and 
epistemic uncertainty due to a lack of knowledge on the state of the variable.

Different sources of uncertainty and imprecision 
may arise in network and telecommunication 
domains. Such imperfection may be due to 
imprecision of many aspects regarding the 
environment: signal, data link, network, etc . 
For example, it may be due to communication links 
that might be unreliable, either due to 
operational tolerance levels or environmental 
factors. The theory of belief functions has 
proved to be particularly useful to represent and 
reason with partial information in a wide range 
of applications, including signal processing, 
coding, supervision, localization, resource 
provisioning, etc. In such case, the belief 
function theory provides a flexible framework for 
handling and mining imprecision and uncertainty 
as well as combining different disparate evidence 
about uncertain events. Indeed, this theory 
allows modeling different concepts such as 
imprecision, ambiguity, ignorance. Also, a 
variety of combination operators is available in the fusion process.

This special issue is intended to provide the 
recent advances on the use of theory of Belief 
Functions in Telecommunication and Network 
Technologies. It focused on how Belief Functions 
has affect different aspects (protocols, 
algorithms, paradigm, energy, signal coding, 
etc.) for a large family of applications 
(Healthcare, Medical, Underwater, Vehicular, 
Robotic, etc.) using network technologies (Sensor 
Networks, MANET, VANET, etc.). In particular, 
authors are encouraged to submit papers 
addressing the fundamental and applications of 
mathematical tools such as fuzzy sets intervals, 
belief functions, random sets or imprecise 
probability models in Telecommunication and 
Network fields. We solicit papers covering all 
aspects of approaches and related topics with 
fundamental research and/or experimental studies. 
Papers submitted for consideration should 
describe original research not published or 
currently under review by other journals and 
conferences. Parallel submissions will not be 
accepted. All submitted papers will be rigorously 
reviewed and we will select papers based on their 
originality, timeliness, significance, and relevance to this SI.
Key topics and domain applications to be covered 
in this special issue include but are not limited to:

-     Signal Coding
-     Resource Provisioning
-     Monitoring and Supervision
-     Localization and Deployment in AdHoc and Sensor Networks
-     Cognitive Radio Networks
-     Turbo code
-     Quality of Service and Quality of Experience
-     Network management and allocation, scheduling
-     Green, Smart, Underwater Communication
-     e-Health Application
-     Cloud Computing and Internet of things
-     Pervasive communication in autonomous application fields

Guest editors:
?   Glenn Shafer (Honorary Guest Editor), Rutgers Business School ? Newark, USA
?   Latifa Oukhellou, IFSTTAR (ex. INRETS), France.
?   Abdelhamid Mellouk, UPEC, LiSSi, France
?   Lei Shu, Osaka University, Japan

Papers must be written in English and describe 
original research not published or currently 
under review by other journals or conferences. 
Submissions should be sent according to the 
editorial procedure described in the instructions 
available at: 
<http://www.annals-of-telecommunications.com/p_en_publish_6.html>http://www.annals-of-telecommunications.com/p_en_publish_6.html
Proposed schedule
-    Manuscript submission:              June 30,  2012
-    Expected publication:                 1st Semester  2013  



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