The Internet of Things (IoT) has revolutionized the world, connecting billions of devices that
offer assistance in various aspects of users' daily lives. Context-aware IoT applications …

Node positioning or localization is a critical requisite for numerous position-based
applications of wireless sensor network (WSN). Localization using the unmanned aerial …

The localization of sensor nodes in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) has been a thorny
research problem. Existing DV-Hop based range-free localization algorithms estimate the …

Among the localization algorithms of wireless sensor networks (WSNs), the distance vector-
hop (DV-Hop) algorithm has been widely concerned thanks to its simplicity, low hardware …

With distributed sensor systems commonly found in Wireless Sensor Networks or the
Internet of Things, knowing the location sensor data was acquired from is very important …

Several applications have exploited wireless sensor networks (WSNs), and localization is a
key WSN technology. The range-free localization technique is substantially less expensive …

Location information is one of the crucial and essential elements for monitoring data in
wireless sensor networks. The distance vector-hop (DV-Hop) localization algorithm is of …

Abstract Cyber-Physical Social System (CPSS) refers to the interaction between cyber-
physical systems and social networks. The accuracy of information transmission in Cyber …

Federated learning (FL) has recently received significant attention in Internet of Things, due
to its capability of enabling multiple clients to collaboratively train machine learning models …

Wireless sensor network (WSN) deployment is an intensive field of research. In this paper,
we propose a novel approach based on machine learning (ML) and metaheuristics (MH) for …