Abstract

Wireless-sensor networks (WSNs) are networks of autonomous nodes used for monitoring an environment. Developers of WSNs face challenges that arise from communication link failures, memory and computational constraints, and limited energy. Many issues in WSNs are formulated as multidimensional optimization problems and approached through bioinspired techniques. Particle swarm optimization (PSO) is a simple, effective, and computationally efficient optimization algorithm. It has been applied to address WSN issues such as optimal deployment, node localization, clustering, and data aggregation. This paper outlines issues in WSNs, introduces PSO, and discusses its suitability for WSN applications. It also presents a brief survey of how PSO is tailored to address these issues. © 2011 IEEE.

Department(s)

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Comments

National Science Foundation, Grant ECCE # 0348221

Keywords and Phrases

Clustering; data aggregation; localization; optimal deployment; particle swarm optimization (PSO); Wireless-sensor networks (WSNs)

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

1094-6977

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2024 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Mar 2011

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