Swarm intelligence is a relatively novel field. It addresses the study of the collective
behaviors of systems made by many components that coordinate using decentralized …

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are composed of many low cost, low power devices with
sensing, local processing and wireless communication capabilities. Recent advances in …

Design and development of power-aware, scalable and performance-efficient routing
protocols for wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is an active area of research. In this paper …

The Set k-Cover problem aims to partition a set of nodes for the maximal number of covers.
This problem is crucial for extending the lifetime of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) under …

Extending the lifetime during which a wireless sensor network (WSN) can cover all targets is
a key issue in WSN applications such as surveillance. One effective method is to partition …

Hybrid wireless sensor network (HWSN) consists of static and mobile sensor nodes that
work together for sensing and data collection in a region of interest. The static sensors detect …

Wireless sensor nodes are congenitally limited by insufficient hardware resources, such as
memory size and battery life. These factors influence the lifespan of wireless sensor …

The accurate prediction of the rechargeable battery lifetime is of paramount importance for
mobile device use optimization. The parameter estimation of battery models utilizes …

The reduction of cost and complexity is a key driver in the evolution of mobile networks. This
reduction not only applies to the pre-operational state (eg the deployment phase of a new …

Tracking a moving object is one of the key applications of wireless sensor networks (WSNs)
for facility management, logistics, healthcare, etc. The quantitative relationship between …