Using wireless sensor networks (WSNs) in delay and reliability critical environments is
highly desired due to their unique advantages such as low cost, ease of deployment, and …

Clustering is an effective approach for organizing a network into a connected hierarchy, load
balancing, and prolonging the network lifetime. On the other hand, fuzzy logic is capable of …

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are a widely used solution for monitoring-oriented
applications (eg, water quality on watersheds, pollution monitoring in cities). These kinds of …

Organizing sensor nodes into a clustered architecture is an effective method for load
balancing and prolonging the network lifetime. However, a serious drawback of the …

Prolonging the network life cycle is an essential requirement for many types of Wireless
Sensor Network (WSN) applications. Dynamic clustering of sensors into groups is a popular …

In this paper, we focus on critical event monitoring in wireless sensor networks (WSNs),
where only a small number of packets need to be transmitted most of the time. When a …

In recent years, UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) have been widely applied for data
collection and image capture. Specifically, UAVs have been integrated with wireless sensor …

Clustering is a key technique to improve energy efficiency in wireless sensor networks
(WSNs). In continuous monitoring applications, the clusters should be formed dynamically …

Data gathering through wireless sensor networks (WSNs) has been used for the monitoring
of endangered species. However, when it comes to animals that live in difficult access …

A Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is composed of distributed sensors with limited
processing capabilities and energy restrictions. These unique attributes pose new …