Recent advances in hardware and communication technologies have accelerated the
deployment of billions of wireless sensors. This transformation has created a wide range of …

Network lifetime plays an integral role in setting up an efficient wireless sensor network. The
objective of this paper is twofold. The first one is to deploy sensor nodes at optimal locations …

Finding an optimal node deployment strategy in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) that
would reduce cost, be robust to node failures, reduce computation, and communication …

Wireless sensor network (WSN) is an emerging research field in recent years. The
advancement in sensory device and communication technologies has enabled the …

Sensor deployment is a fundamental issue in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). Studies on
the coverage problem are concentrated on deploying sensors to cover determined areas or …

Target coverage and connectivity problems are major challenges for wireless sensor
networks (WSNs). In practice, when different targets demand different priority levels, each …

Assuring the coverage towards the predefined set of targets, power-constrained wireless
sensor networks (WSNs) consist of sensing devices (ie, sensor nodes) that are associated …

Large applications of sensor networks, such as environmental risk monitoring, require the
deployment of hundreds or even thousands of nodes. This study proposes and implements …

Many wireless sensor networks (WSNs) not only need to cover targets within their sensing
fields, but also operate for extended periods without requiring expensive recharging. This is …

Sensor deployment is an important issue in wireless sensor network (WSN), which is a
typical nonlinear system. Conditions of both area coverage and point coverage should be …