Luis Gonzaga Alonso Zárate

Mathematical models and calculation systems for the study of wildland fire behaviour

This is a review of the most important work in wildland fire mathematical modelling which has been carried out at different research centres around the world from the beginning of the 1940s to the present. A generic classification is proposed which allows wildland fire models to be sorted. Surface fire spread models, crown fire initiation and spread models, spotting and ground fire models are reviewed historically and the most significant ones are analysed in depth. The last two sections are dedicated to wildland fire behaviour calculation systems based on the reviewed models. The evolution and complexity of these systems is analysed in parallel with the development of new technologies. Special attention is given to the tools most commonly in current use by forestry agencies.

Long-term forest fire retardants: a review of quality, effectiveness, application and environmental considerations

Since the beginning of the 1930s research has been directed towards improving the effectiveness of water as a forest fire extinguishing agent. Throughout this time various chemical substances have been added to the water, and this is still the case today. Among these substances are the various types of long-term forest fire retardant, which maintain their ability to alter combustion when the water has been removed by evaporation. In order to provide an account of the current state of development of studies on long-term forest fire retardants, we carried out a bibliographic analysis with special attention to work done after 1976 on the different aspects that influence the final effectiveness of forest fire retardant: quality (programs and evaluation), effectiveness, application and environmental impact on streams and aquatic organisms, vegetation and humans. The scope of this work covers the wide subject of fire retardants and it introduces the significant works related to all the aspects of fire retardant use.

Game theoretic infrastructure sharing in wireless cellular network

The popularity of smart phones and other mobile devices has brought about major expansion in the realm of wireless communications. With this growth comes the need to improve upon network capacity and overall user experience, and game-based methods can offer further enhancements in this area. Game Theory Framework Applied to Wireless Communication Networks is a pivotal reference source for the latest scholarly research on the application of game-theoretic approaches to enhance wireless networking. Featuring prevailing coverage on a range of topics relating to the advanced game model, mechanism designs, and effective equilibrium concepts, this publication is an essential reference source for researchers, students, technology developers, and engineers. This publication features extensive, research-based chapters across a broad scope of relevant topics, including potential games, coalition formation game, heterogeneous networks, radio resource allocation, coverage optimization, distributed dynamic resource allocation, dynamic spectrum access, physical layer security, and cooperative video transmission.

Combining Cooperation and Physical Layer Network Coding to Achieve Reliable Multicast

A novel cooperative scheme based on Physical layer Network Coding (PNC) for short range communication (SRC) networks is presented in this paper. We investigate a scenario of overlapping networks with multicast traffic and propose a technique for the leverage of inter-network cooperation. Our main goal is to exploit the characteristics of PNC in a solution for cooperative SRC networks, where energy efficiency is improved without degrading Quality of Service (QoS). The performance of our proposed cooperative scenario is highly energy efficient and it also presents high throughput. Comparing our scheme with a conventional protocol we show that it presents better performance. We analytically present the throughput, the delay and the energy efficiency of the neighbouring networks and we validate the mathematical analysis through extensive simulations. In addition, we provide an assessment of the impact of the capture effect on the proposed approach. Our proposal is inspired by recent patents in telecommunications that focus on interference cancellation.