Modeling and Simulation of Complex Communication Networks

Muaz A. Niazi is Chief Scientific Officer (Professor) at COMSATS Islamabad, Pakistan. His areas of research interest are in the Modeling, Simulation, and Engineering of Complex Adaptive Systems using various techniques such as agent-based and complex network based approaches. He also has an interest and experience in distributed pervasive/mobile application development. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of two journals and a senior member of the IEEE.

Part I: Modeling and simulation

Chapter 1: Modeling and simulation: the essence and increasing importance
Chapter 2: Flexible modeling with Simio
Chapter 3: A simulation environment for cybersecurity attack analysis based on network traffic logs



Part II: Surveys and reviews

Chapter 4: Demand-response management in smart grid: a survey and future directions
Chapter 5: Applications of multi-agent systems in smart grid: a survey and taxonomy
Chapter 6: Shortest path models for scale-free network topologies: literature review and cross comparisons



Part III: Case studies and more

Chapter 7: Accurate modeling ofVoIP traffic in modern communication
Chapter 8: Exploratory and validated agent-based modeling levels case study: Internet of Things
Chapter 9: Descriptive agent-based modeling of the "Chord" P2P protocol
Chapter 10: Descriptive agent-based modeling of Kademlia peer-to-peer protocol
Chapter 11: Descriptive agent-based modeling of the "BitTorrent" P2P protocol
Chapter 12: Social networks - a scientometric visual survey