HSCA: a novel harmony search based efficient clustering in heterogeneous WSNs

Surjit Singh () and Rajeev Mohan Sharma
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Surjit Singh: National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra
Rajeev Mohan Sharma: National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

Telecommunication Systems: Modelling, Analysis, Design and Management, 2018, vol. 67, issue 4, No 8, 667 pages

Abstract: Abstract Clustering objective reasons scalability, fault tolerance, data aggregation or fusion, load balancing of cluster heads, stabilized network topology, maximal network lifetime, increased connectivity, reduced routing delay, collision avoidance and utilizing sleeping schemes in wireless sensor networks. Load balanced clustering effectively organize the network into a connected hierarchy. Clustering is a discrete problem that can have more than one solution under different operating constraints. In this scenario, meta-heuristic algorithms are found suitable because they give set of solutions in acceptable time constraints. In the literature, several analytical and meta-heuristic approaches have been developed for load balanced clustering. In this paper, a novel harmony search based energy efficient load balanced clustering algorithm is presented and it is tested on a large sample network. Results demonstrated that the proposed approach has faster convergence and gives reliable and efficient load balanced clustering as compared to conventional harmony search algorithm (HSA) and several other methods in the literature. Moreover, the robustness of the proposed approach is also verified for different cases of fixed and variable parameters of HSA.

Keywords: Harmony search algorithm; Load balancing; Clustering; Energy efficiency; Convergence; Performance modeling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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