The past few years have witnessed increased interest among researchers in cluster-based
protocols for homogeneous networks because of their better scalability and higher energy …

In order to collect information more efficiently, wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are
partitioned into clusters. Clustering provides an effective way to prolong the lifetime of …

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are composed of a large number of inexpensive power-
constrained wireless sensor nodes, which detect and monitor physical parameters around …

This paper investigates how to boost region-based image segmentation by pursuing a new
solution to fuse multiple types of image features. A collaborative image segmentation …

Along with the development of the technologies of various kinds, wireless sensor networks
are gradually entering into the practicalization phase. Therefore, whether its performance is …

Energy efficiency is an essential issue in the applications of wireless sensor networks
(WSNs) all along. Clustering with data aggregation is a significant direction to improve …

Clustering is a fundamental and effective technique for utilizing sensor nodes' energy and
extending the network lifetime for wireless sensor networks. In this paper, we propose a …

Sensor networks supported by recent technological advances in low power wireless
communications along with silicon integration of various functionalities are emerging as a …

One of the most important issues in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is to reduce energy
consumption and increase the network lifetime. Proper election of cluster head is one of the …

An oblivious active queue management scheme is one which does not differentiate between
packets belonging to different flows. In this paper, we study the existence and the quality of …