| dc.contributor.author | Gupta, Divya | |
| dc.description.abstract | A wireless sensor network is composed of a large number of tiny sensor
nodes that can be deployed in a variety of environments like battle fields, water,
large fields, and the like, and can transmit data to a Base station (BS). In a clusterbased network organization, sensor nodes are organized into clusters and one
sensor node is selected as a sensor head (SH) in each cluster. Each SH denotes a
facility and sends useful information to the Base Station (BS) through other SHs
via the shortest path. In this paper, we study two clustering techniques, namely kmedian clustering and k-center clustering for a wireless sensor network. All the
sensor nodes are static and homogeneous (having the same specifications) and
SHs are assumed to be heterogeneous with respect to other sensor nodes in their
respective clusters (but homogeneous to other SHs once they are located). The
focus of this paper is to compare the k-median and k-center clustering techniques
based on shortest path and total intra-cluster distance. We have implemented the
two clustering techniques using the Java language and necessary experimental
and statistical results are provided. | en_US |
| dc.publisher | North Dakota State University | en_US |
| dc.rights | NDSU policy 190.6.2 | en_US |
| dc.title | Alternative Clustering Algorithms in Sensor Networks | en_US |
| dc.type | Master's Paper | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-08T19:59:45Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-03-08T19:59:45Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10365/33723 | |
| dc.subject | Wireless sensor network | en_US |
| dc.subject | Sensor node | en_US |
| dc.subject | Homogeneous | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Wireless sensor networks. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Wireless sensor nodes. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Cluster analysis -- Data processing. | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf | en_US |
| ndsu.degree | Master of Science (MS) | en_US |
| ndsu.college | Engineering | en_US |
| ndsu.department | Computer Science | en_US |
| ndsu.program | Computer Science | en_US |
| ndsu.advisor | Nygard, Kendall E. | |
