A Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for Deployment of Sensor Nodes in WSN Network

Table 1

Classification of node positioning technology.

Classification basis	Node location technology category
Whether to measure the distance between nodes	Incremental location algorithm (range-based)	Ranging-free location algorithm (range-free)
Order of node positioning	Beacon-based node location algorithm (incremental)	Parallel location algorithm (concurrent)
Whether to use beacon node	Beacon-based node location algorithm (beacon-based)	Beacon-free node location algorithm (beacon-free)
Algorithm execution and organization	Centralized location algorithm (centralized)	Distributed location algorithm (distributed)
Whether to have machine learning ability	Location algorithm based on learning model (learn-based model)	Nonlearning model location algorithm (learn-free model)