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[1] Huang Ru, Zhu Jie, Xu Guanghui,. Energy-efficient mechanismbased on ACO for the coverage problem in sensor networks [J]. Journal of Southeast University (English Edition), 2007, 23 (2): 255-260. [doi:10.3969/j.issn.1003-7985.2007.02.021]
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Journal of Southeast University (English Edition)[ISSN:1003-7985/CN:32-1325/N]

Volumn:
23
Issue:
2007 2
Page:
255-260
Research Field:
Computer Science and Engineering
Publishing date:
2007-06-30

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Title:
Energy-efficient mechanismbased on ACO for the coverage problem in sensor networks
Author(s):
Huang Ru1 Zhu Jie1 Xu Guanghui2
1Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, China
2Institute of Communications Engineering, PLA University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210016, China
Keywords:
sensor networks coverage problem ant colony optimization(ACO) energy-efficiency
PACS:
TP393.01
DOI:
10.3969/j.issn.1003-7985.2007.02.021
Abstract:
An energy-efficient heuristic mechanism is presented to obtain the optimal solution for the coverage problem in sensor networks. The mechanism can ensure that all targets are fully covered corresponding to their levels of importance at minimum cost, and the ant colony optimization algorithm(ACO)is adopted to achieve the above metrics. Based on the novel design of heuristic factors, artificial ants can adaptively detect the energy status and coverage ability of sensor networks via local information. By introducing the evaluation function to global pheromone updating rule, the pheromone trail on the best solution is greatly enhanced, so that the convergence process of the algorithm is speed up. Finally, the optimal solution with a higher coverage-efficiency and a longer lifetime is obtained.

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Memo:
Biographies: Huang Ru(1975—), male, graduate;Zhu Jie(corresponding author), male, doctor, professor, zhujie@sjtu.edu.cn.
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