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<p>This paper proposes a novel localization algorithm for wireless sensor network (WSN). Accurate localization is very important for WSN. WSN localization problem is sometimes regarded as an optimization problem. Plant growth simulation algorithm (PGSA) is a kind of new intelligent optimization algorithm, which is intelligent simulation of plant growth in natural way. In addition to the common characteristics of intelligent algorithms, PGSA show robustness and provides a global optimal solution, etc. In this paper, further enhancement of the algorithm by adding the plant root of adaptive backlight function to effectively improve the computing speed and localization precision has been reported. Comparing this algorithm with simulated annealing algorithm (SAA), simulation results show that this algorithm has a higher and more consistent localization precision and faster computational speed.</p>
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This paper proposes a novel localization algorithm for wireless sensor network (WSN). Accurate localization is very important for WSN. WSN localization problem is sometimes regarded as an optimization problem. Plant growth simulation algorithm (PGSA) is a kind of new intelligent optimization algorithm, which is intelligent simulation of plant growth in natural way. In addition to the common characteristics of intelligent algorithms, PGSA show robustness and provides a global optimal solution, etc. In this paper, further enhancement of the algorithm by adding the plant root of adaptive backlight function to effectively improve the computing speed and localization precision has been reported. Comparing this algorithm with simulated annealing algorithm (SAA), simulation results show that this algorithm has a higher and more consistent localization precision and faster computational speed.

PGSA-Based Localization Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Network

International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems

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This paper proposes a novel localization algorithm for wireless sensor network (WSN). Accurate localization is very important for WSN. WSN localization problem...

PGSA-Based Localization Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Network

Publicado en línea: 01 sept 2016

Páginas: 1287 - 1304

Recibido: 25 mar 2016

Aceptado: 10 jul 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2017-918

© 2016 Yuqiang Qin et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.