Optimizing clustering algorithm in mobile ad hoc networks using simulated annealing

• Published in: 2003 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking, 2003. WCNC 2003 Vol. 3; pp. 1492 - 1497 vol.3
• Main Authors: Turgut, D., Turgut, B., Elmasri, R., Le, T.V.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2003
• Subjects: Ad hoc networks; Clustering algorithms; Computational modeling; Computer science; Computer simulation; Intelligent networks; Iterative algorithms; Mobile ad hoc networks; Search methods; Simulated annealing

In this paper, we demonstrate how simulated annealing algorithm can be applied to clustering algorithms used in ad hoc networks; specifically our recently proposed weighted clustering algorithm (WCA) is optimized by simulated annealing. As the simulated annealing stands to be a powerful stochastic s...