A GA approach to the optimal placement of sensors in wireless sensor networks with obstacles and preferences

2006 3rd IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, CCNC 2006

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 127-131

  Xu, Yong ^a   Yao, Xin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; SENSORS;

GRIDS; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; SENSOR DETECTION MODELS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS (WSN);

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33749056167     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CCNC.2006.1593001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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