Task allocation mechanism based on genetic algorithm in wireless sensor networks

Abstract

The main goals of target tracking in WSNs are, through optimizing task allocation on the premise of tracking accuracy, the communication distance can be shortened, the energy consumption can be reduced, and the lifetime of network can be prolonged. We propose a task allocation mechanism of dynamic alliance based on Genetic Algorithm to acquire the balance between the energy consumption and accuracy considered in area sum method. Simulation results show that, the proposed task allocation mechanism is reasonable and effective. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.