Research Article

A Sensor Deployment Approach Using Improved Virtual Force Algorithm Based on Area Intensity for Multisensor Networks

Table 1

Simulation parameter settings.

ParameterValue

Monitoring area
Initialization methodRandom
Number of sensors50
Sensing radius80 
Detecting radius160 
Uncertain distance2 
Number of iterations100
Max step2.5
Max sensor3.5
Intensity threshold0.625