Automated design algorithms for tactical wireless networks

To guide users who attempt to deploy wireless networks in military applications, there is an evolving need for developing systematic methodologies to analyze/predict the performance of mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs). In addition, the advance in cognitive networking research provides opportunities for exploiting unused spectrum to optimize throughput of MANETs. However, with the increasing number of parameters/constraints, there is even a more demanding need to develop automated methodologies to design/tune such networks.