Research Article

An Efficient Deployment Model for Maximizing Coverage of Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Network Based on Harmony Search Algorithm

Table 6

Best result comparison between HEWSN and HOWSN deployment based on HSA and GA.

ParametersHEWSN (HSA)HEWSN (GA)HOWSN (HSA)

Number of runsOver 30Over 30Over 30
Cell size versus sensing range10(10,5)10(10,5)10(10)
Maximum number of sensors253525
Corresponding sensors12.515
Best (maximum coverage ratio)100%84%100%
Corresponding sensor ratio50%61%60%
Cost minimization by50%23%40%
Average of (best scenario)94%67%93%