Swarm Intelligence and Evolutionary Algorithms in Healthcare and Drug Development
暫譯: 醫療與藥物開發中的群體智慧與演化演算法

醫療保健領域的特點是困難、動態和多樣性。在21世紀，醫療保健領域面臨著許多挑戰，包括疾病檢測、預防、高成本、技術人員短缺以及更好的基礎設施。為了應對這些挑戰，需要智能醫療管理技術在改善病人生活方面發揮有效作用。醫療機構還需要不斷發掘有用且可行的知識，從大量數據中獲取洞見，以便在拯救生命、減少醫療操作錯誤、提高效率、降低成本以及讓整個世界變得更健康等多方面發揮作用。

在當今，將群體智慧（Swarm Intelligence）和進化演算法（Evolutionary Algorithms）應用於醫療保健和藥物開發是至關重要的。本書的目標是強調各種群體智慧和進化演算法技術在癌症診斷、腦腫瘤、糖尿病視網膜病變、心臟病以及藥物設計和開發等各種醫療問題中的應用。本書將作為讀者思考和深入探索群體智慧和進化演算法在實時病人診斷中的一站式參考，因為本書提供了針對醫療從業人員在現實世界中診斷的各種複雜疾病的解決方案。

主要特點：
- 突出群體智慧和進化演算法在醫療保健行業中的重要性和應用。
- 詳細闡述群體智慧和進化演算法在癌症檢測中的應用。
- 深入探討基於群體智慧和進化演算法的計算方法、方法論和技術，特別是針對腦腫瘤檢測，包括深度學習以優化腦腫瘤診斷。
- 為糖尿病視網膜病變檢測提供堅實的基礎，使用群體智慧和進化演算法。
- 專注於將群體智慧和進化演算法應用於心臟病的檢測和診斷。
- 全面涵蓋群體智慧和進化演算法在藥物設計和發現中的角色。

本書將對研究人員、醫療從業人員、醫療保健專業人士以及工業醫療研究和開發部門在使用群體智慧和進化演算法技術進行高級醫療研究方面發揮重要作用。

About the Editors

Sandeep Kumar is currently an Assistant Professor of

Computer Science & Engineering at Amity University

Rajasthan, Jaipur, India. Dr. Kumar holds a PhD

degree in Computer Science & Engineering, M. Tech.

degree from RTU, Kota, BE degree from Engineering

College, Kota. Dr. Kumar was Assistant Professor of

Computer Science & Engineering at ACEIT, Jaipur, 2008-2011, and

Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering &

Technology, Jagannath University, Jaipur, 2011-2017. Dr. Kumar was

the head of computer science at Jagannath University, 2013-2017. He is

also working as guest editor for special issue of many journals including

Int. J. of Intelligent Information and Database Systems (IJIIDS), Int. J. of

Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology (IJARGE), Int. J. of

Environment and Sustainable Development (IJESD), Inderscience, Recent

Patents on Computer Science, Bentham Science, and member of editorial

boards for many international journals, and member of technical program

committees of many conferences. He has delivered many keynote

and expert talks in national/international conferences/workshop. He is

also reviewer in many international journals and conferences, and acts

as chairperson in many conferences. Dr. Kumar has over 50 publications

in well-known SCI/SCOPUS indexed international journals and conferences,

and has attended several national and international conferences

and workshops. He has authored/edited four books in the area of

computer science. His research interests include Nature Inspired Algorithms,

Swarm Intelligence, Soft Computing and Computational

Intelligence.

Anand Nayyar received a PhD degree in Computer

Science from Desh Bhagat University in Mandi Gobindgarh.

Currently, he is working as Lecturer, Researcher and

Scientist at the Graduate School at Duy Tan University,

Vietnam. He has 15+ years of academic teaching experience

with more than 300 publications in reputed international

conferences, journals and book chapters (indexed

By: SCI, SCIE, Scopus, DBLP). Dr. Nayyar is a certified

professional with more than 75 certifications from various IT companies like:

CISCO, Microsoft, Oracle, Cyberoam, GAQM, Beingcert.com, ISQTB, EXIN,

Google and many more. His areas of interest include: Wireless Sensor

Networks, MANETS, Cloud Computing, Network Security, Swarm Intelligence,

Machine Learning, Network Simulation, Ethical Hacking, Forensics,

Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, Linux and Open Source and Next

Generation Wireless Communications. In addition, Dr. Nayyar is

a Programme Committee Member/Technical Committee Member/Reviewer

for more than 400 international conferences to date. He has published 30

books in Computer Science by various National and International Reputed

Publishers like CRC Press, Elsevier, Springer, IGI-Global, BPB Publications,

Scholar Press, GRIN etc. He has received 20 awards for teaching and research,

including Young Scientist, Best Scientist, Exemplary Educationist, Young

Researcher and Outstanding Reviewer Award. He is acting as Associate

Editor of IGI-Global Journal - International Journal of Information Security

and Privacy (IJISP), International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies

(IJDST), International Journal of Cognitive Informatics and Natural

Intelligence (IJCINI), and International Journal of Green Computing (IJGC).

He is acting as Editor-in-Chief of IGI-Global Journal "International Journal

of Smart Vehicles and Smart Transportation (IJSVST)".

Anand Paul is currently working in The School of

Computer Science and Engineering, Kyungpook

National University, South Korea, as Associate Professor.

He got his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering at

National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, R.O.C., in

2010. His research interests include Algorithm and Architecture Reconfigurable

Embedded Computing. He is a delegate representing South

Korea for M2M focus group and for MPEG. In 2004-2010 he has

been awarded Outstanding International Student Scholarship, and in

2009, 2015 he won the best paper award in national computer

Symposium, in Taipei, Taiwan, and international conference on Soft

computing and network security, India.

He has guest-edited various international journals and he is also

part of editorial team for Journal of Platform Technology. He serves

as a reviewer for various IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems

for Video Technology, IEEE Transactions on System, Man and Cybernetics,

IEEE Sensors, ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing

Systems, IET Image Processing, IET Signal Processing and IET Circuits

and Systems. He gave invited talk in International Symposium on

Embedded Technology workshop in 2012, He is the track chair for

Smart human computer interaction in ACM SAC 2015, 2014. He is

also an MPEG Delegate representing South Korea.

編輯介紹

Sandeep Kumar 目前是印度拉賈斯坦邦阿米提大學（Amity University Rajasthan, Jaipur）的計算機科學與工程助理教授。Kumar 博士擁有計算機科學與工程的博士學位，並持有來自 RTU, Kota 的碩士學位及來自 Kota 工程學院的學士學位。Kumar 博士曾於 2008-2011 年擔任 Jaipur 的 ACEIT 計算機科學與工程助理教授，並於 2011-2017 年擔任 Jaipur 的 Jagannath 大學工程與技術學院計算機科學助理教授。Kumar 博士在 2013-2017 年期間擔任 Jagannath 大學計算機科學系主任。他還擔任多本期刊的特刊客編，包括《Int. J. of Intelligent Information and Database Systems (IJIIDS)》、《Int. J. of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology (IJARGE)》、《Int. J. of Environment and Sustainable Development (IJESD)》、《Inderscience》、《Recent Patents on Computer Science》、《Bentham Science》，並且是多本國際期刊的編輯委員會成員，以及多個會議的技術程序委員會成員。他在國內外會議和研討會上發表了多場主題演講和專家演講。Kumar 博士也是多本國際期刊和會議的審稿人，並在多個會議中擔任主席。Kumar 博士在知名的 SCI/SCOPUS 索引國際期刊和會議上發表了超過 50 篇論文，並參加了多個國內外會議和研討會。他在計算機科學領域著作或編輯了四本書籍。他的研究興趣包括自然啟發算法、群體智慧、軟計算和計算智能。

Anand Nayyar 於 Desh Bhagat 大學獲得計算機科學博士學位，目前在越南 Duy Tan 大學的研究生院擔任講師、研究員和科學家。他擁有超過 15 年的學術教學經驗，並在知名國際會議、期刊和書籍章節上發表了超過 300 篇論文（索引來源：SCI、SCIE、Scopus、DBLP）。Nayyar 博士是一位認證專業人士，擁有來自多家 IT 公司的 75 種以上的認證，包括：CISCO、Microsoft、Oracle、Cyberoam、GAQM、Beingcert.com、ISQTB、EXIN、Google 等等。他的研究領域包括：無線感測器網路、MANETS、雲計算、網路安全、群體智慧、機器學習、網路模擬、道德駭客、取證、物聯網（IoT）、大數據、Linux 和開源以及下一代無線通訊。此外，Nayyar 博士至今擔任超過 400 個國際會議的程序委員會成員/技術委員會成員/審稿人。他已經出版了 30 本計算機科學書籍，與多家國內外知名出版社合作，如 CRC Press、Elsevier、Springer、IGI-Global、BPB Publications、Scholar Press、GRIN 等。他因教學和研究獲得了 20 項獎項，包括青年科學家、最佳科學家、模範教育工作者、青年研究者和傑出審稿人獎。他擔任 IGI-Global 期刊《國際資訊安全與隱私期刊（IJISP）》、《國際分散系統與技術期刊（IJDST）》、《國際認知資訊學與自然智能期刊（IJCINI）》和《國際綠色計算期刊（IJGC）》的副編輯。他還擔任 IGI-Global 期刊《國際智慧車輛與智慧交通期刊（IJSVST）》的主編。

Anand Paul 目前在南韓慶北國立大學（Kyungpook National University）的計算機科學與工程學院擔任副教授。他於 2010 年在台灣國立成功大學獲得電機工程博士學位。他的研究興趣包括可重構嵌入式計算的算法和架構。他是 M2M 專注小組和 MPEG 的南韓代表。2004-2010 年期間，他獲得了傑出國際學生獎學金，並在 2009 年和 2015 年於台灣台北的全國計算機研討會和印度的軟計算與網路安全國際會議上獲得最佳論文獎。他曾擔任多本國際期刊的客編，並且是《平台技術期刊》的編輯團隊成員。他擔任多個 IEEE 期刊的審稿人，包括《IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology》、《IEEE Transactions on System, Man and Cybernetics》、《IEEE Sensors》、《ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems》、《IET Image Processing》、《IET Signal Processing》和《IET Circuits and Systems》。他在 2012 年的嵌入式技術國際研討會上發表了邀請演講，並在 2014 和 2015 年的 ACM SAC 擔任智慧人機互動的專題主席。他也是代表南韓的 MPEG 代表。