Research of chaotic PSO coverage control algorithm based on energy balance

Network coverage is a key research problem in wireless sensor network field. Sensor node energy is generally supplied by batteries, and the energy is limited, so an effective energy balance strategy can extend the networks´ life in the process of the coverage. A chaotic particle swarm optimization coverage control algorithm is proposed that based on the concept of energy balance. It utilizes chaotic algorithm to improve particle swarm optimization function, effectively avoiding the shortcomings of ”premature” in the process of the particle swarm optimization. It also could realize energy balance among the nodes in the process of network coverage. The simulation results show that the proposed algorithm has good performances for network coverage quality and energy balance.