This paper provides a survey of the most important repair heuristics used in evolutionary
algorithms to solve constrained optimization problems. Popular techniques are reviewed …

One of the major problems in wireless multihop networks is the scheduling of transmissions
in a fair and efficient manner. Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) seems to be one of the …

Algorithms for scheduling TDMA transmissions in multi-hop networks usually determine the
smallest length conflict-free assignment of slots in which each link or node is activated at …

Real-time surveillance systems with green wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are vital for
maintaining high energy efficiency in many situations. This paper considers a scenario …

H-MAC is a novel Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) based MAC protocol designed for
Body Sensor Networks (BSNs). It improves energy efficiency by exploiting human heartbeat …

Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) are wireless networks of automotive nodes. Among the
strategies used in VANETs to increase network connectivity are broadcast scheduling, data …

The sixth generation (6G) of mobile networks must support the huge growth of mobile
connections and provides various intelligent services in future mobile networks. For that …

Scheduling algorithms play an important role for TDMA-based wireless sensor networks.
Existing TDMA scheduling algorithms address a multitude of objectives. However, their …

In distributed wireless sensor networks (WSNs), TDMA protocols are a widely applied
solution when a reliable data-transferring mechanism is in demand. However, to produce a …

In WSNs the communication traffic is often time and space correlated, where multiple nodes
in a proximity start transmitting simultaneously. Such a situation is known as spatially …