Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Balancing module in evolutionary optimization and Deep Reinforcement Learning for multi-path selection in Software Defined Networks Subject The topic of the resource Balancing module; Crow Search Algorithm; Deep Reinforcement Learning; Software Defined Network; Spider Monkey Optimization Description An account of the resource Software Defined Network (SDN) has been used in many organizations due to its efficiency in transmission. Machine learning techniques have been applied in SDN to improve its efficiency in resource scheduling. The existing models in SDN have limitations of overfitting, local optima trap and lower efficiency in path selection. This study applied Balancing Module (BM)-Spider Monkey Optimization (SMO)-Crow Search Algorithm (CSA) for multi path selection in SDN to improve its efficiency. The balancing module applies Gaussian distribution to balance between exploration and exploitation in the multi-path selection process. The Balancing module helps to escape local optima trap and increases the convergence rate. Deep Reinforcement learning is applied for resource scheduling in SDN. The Deep reinforcement learning technique uses the reward function to improve the learning performance, and the BM-SMO-CSA technique has 30 J energy consumption, where the existing models: DRL has 40 J energy consumption, and Graph-ACO has 62 J energy consumption. 2022 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Praveena H.D.; Srilakshmi V.; Rajini S.; Kolluri R.; Manohar M. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Physical Communication, Vol-56 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Elsevier B.V. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2023-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phycom.2022.101956" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phycom.2022.101956</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85145657106&amp;doi=10.1016%2Fj.phycom.2022.101956&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=f2d97973850ecf783199bbe9c78b37cd" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85145657106&amp;doi=10.1016%2fj.phycom.2022.101956&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=f2d97973850ecf783199bbe9c78b37cd</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 18744907 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Praveena H.D., Department of ECE, Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College, Andhra Pradesh, Tirupati, 517102, India; Srilakshmi V., Department of Computer Science and Engineering (AI &amp; ML), B V Raju Institute of Technology, Narsapur, India; Rajini S., Department of Information Science and Engineering, Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering, Mysuru, India; Kolluri R., Department of ECE, Narasaraopeta Engineering College, Andhra Pradesh, Guntur, India; Manohar M., Department of Computer Science and Engineering, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India