Modeling and simulation of routing protocol for ad hoc networks combining queuing network analysis and ANT colony algorithms [Elektronische Ressource] / von Tarek Helmi Abd El-Nabi Ahmed
MODELING AND SIMULATION OF A ROUTING PROTOCOL FOR AD HOC NETWORKS COMBINING QUEUING NETWORK ANALYSIS AND ANT COLONY ALGORITHMS Dissertation zur Erlangung des Grades Doktor der Naturwissenschaften (Dr. rer. nat.) vorgelegt dem Fachbereich 5, Institut für Informatik und Wirtschaftsinformatik der Universität Duisburg-Essen (Campus Essen) Von TAREK HELMI ABD EL-NABI ALI AHMED geboren in Port-Said (Ägypten) April 2005 Datum der mündlichen Prüfung: 25. April 2005 Erstgutachter: Prof. Dr. Bruno Müller-Clostermann Zweitgutachter: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Erwin P. Rathgeb ACKNOWLEDGMENTS irst of all and the greatest important, I would like to thank my GOD for all his blessings Fwithout which nothing of my work would have been done. I would like to take the opportunity to thank people who guided and supported me during this period of my study. Without their contributions, this research would not have been possible. I owe great thanks to my Ph.D. supervisor, Prof. Dr. Bruno Müller-Clostermann for his guidance, advice and support throughout the entire thesis. I feel I have really been lucky to be working with someone like him. This thesis could not have been written without the supervision and support of him. As my supervisor, he provided me with the encouragement and freedom to pursue my own ideas.