<title>Application of computational intelligence techniques in active networks</title>

Computational intelligence techniques have been successfully applied for solving control problems in modern networking architectures such as ATM and the Internet. The introduction of active networks offers a high level of flexibility in customizing the network infrastructure and introducing new functionality. There is a clear need for revisiting both the applicability of computational intelligence techniques in this new networking environment, as well as the provisions of active networking technology that computational intelligence techniques can exploit for improved operation. We elaborate on the characteristics of these technologies, their synergy and report on our study with applying computational intelligence techniques for improved routing on a novel active network resource management architecture.