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Coverage is one of the fundamental issues in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). It reflects the ability of WSNs to detect the fields of interest. In a real sensor networks application, the detection area is always non-ideal and the terrain of…
Assuming a random uniform distribution of n sensor nodes over a virtual grid, this paper addresses the problem of finding the maximum number of connected set covers each ensuring 100% coverage of the query region. The connected sets remain…
Wireless sensor networks consisting of great number of cheap and tiny sensor nodes which are used for military environment controlling, natural events recording, traffic monitoring, robot navigation, and etc. Such a networks encounter with…
We propose an algorithm which produces a randomized strategy reaching optimal data propagation in wireless sensor networks (WSN).In [6] and [8], an energy balanced solution is sought using an approximation algorithm. Our algorithm improves…
We study a mobile wireless sensor network (MWSN) consisting of multiple mobile sensors or robots. Two key issues in MWSNs - energy consumption, which is dominated by sensor movement, and sensing coverage - have attracted plenty of…
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have been widely explored for forest fire detection, which is considered a fatal threat throughout the world. Energy conservation of sensor nodes is one of the biggest challenges in this context and random…
Target coverage problem in wireless sensor networks is concerned with maximizing the lifetime of the network while continuously monitoring a set of targets. A sensor covers targets which are within the sensing range. For a set of sensors…
Q-learning is widely used to optimize wireless networks with unknown system dynamics. Recent advancements include ensemble multi-environment hybrid Q-learning algorithms, which utilize multiple Q-learning algorithms across structurally…
In order to solve the critical issues in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), with concern for limited sensor lifetime, nature-inspired algorithms are emerging as a suitable method. Getting optimal network coverage is one of those challenging…
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) enable a wealth of new applications where remote estimation is essential. Individual sensors simultaneously sense a dynamic process and transmit measured information over a shared channel to a central fusion…
A Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is made up of a large number of nodes that are spread randomly or on a regular basis to detect the surrounding environment and transfer data to a base station (BS) over the Internet to the user. It is widely…
Wireless rechargeable sensor networks, consisting of sensor nodes with rechargeable batteries and mobile chargers to replenish their batteries, have gradually become a promising solution to the bottleneck of energy limitation that hinders…
This paper studies a graph-based sensor deployment approach in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Specifically, in today's world, where sensors are everywhere, detecting various attributes like temperature and movement, their deteriorating…
Wireless Sensor Network WSN is consisted of nodes with different sizes and a specific goal. Tracking applications are very important in WSNs. This study proposes a method for reducing energy consumption in WSNs, considering target tracking.…
We study a mobile wireless sensor network (MWSN) consisting of multiple mobile sensors or robots. Three key factors in MWSNs, sensing quality, energy consumption, and connectivity, have attracted plenty of attention, but the interaction of…
Since we are not able to replace the battery in a wireless sensor networks (WSNs), the issues of energy and lifetime are the most important parameters. In asymmetrical networks, different sensors with various abilities are used. Super…
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are highly distributed networks consisting of a large number of tiny, low-cost, light-weight wireless nodes deployed to monitor an environment or a system. Each node in a WSN consists of three subsystems: the…
In this paper, given a random uniform distribution of sensor nodes on a 2-D plane, a fast self-organized distributed algorithm is proposed to find the maximum number of partitions of the nodes such that each partition is connected and…
Due to non-homogeneous spread of sunlight, sensing nodes possess non-uniform energy budget in recharge- able Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). An energy-aware workload distribution strategy is therefore nec- essary to achieve good data…
One of the fundamental issue in wireless sensor network is conserving energy and thus extending the lifetime of the network. In this paper we investigate the coverage problem in camera sensor networks by developing two algorithms which…