Research Article

Energy-Efficient Clustering and Localization Technique Using Genetic Algorithm in Wireless Sensor Networks

Table 1

Parameters used in sensor field and GA.

Simulation parametersValue

Total number of nodes200
Deployment field area
Communication range 40 m
Number of anchor nodes50
Number of unknown nodes100
Maximum iterations300
Number of clusters5
Population size50
Length of chromosome5
Number of generations150
Mutation rate0.5
Crossover % rate0.8