Meta-Heuristic Optimizations for the Security and Energy Efficiency of Wireless Sensor Networks

Dear Colleagues,

The rapid development and maturity of microelectronic technology, computer technology, wireless communication and sensor technology have promoted the development of low-cost and low-power wireless sensor networks (WSNs). As the key infrastructure of the Internet of things, WSNs have become an important data source for the IT industry. WSNs have the characteristics of rapid deployment, strong survivability and real-time perception. They have been successfully applied in many fields, including military, natural environment monitoring, industrial production process monitoring, medical care, life services, etc. The security and energy efficiency problems in WSNs are related to bottlenecks that restrict their development, and a breakthrough needs to be sought through in-depth research on information theory and optimization theory.

Many optimization problems are black box problems, and it is difficult to obtain their mathematical optimization models. Even if the mathematical expression of the problem can be known, the traditional gradient-based mathematical optimization method cannot easily solve non-convex, non-differentiable and/or non-differentiable objective functions. Meta-heuristic algorithms are an effective method for solving complex optimization problems based on computational intelligence, and have research value and application potential in many fields, including the security and energy efficiency of WSNs.

This Special Issue focuses on the research of information theory and optimization theory in WSNs, and collects new models, ideas and algorithms to solve the security and energy efficiency problems of WSNs. This Special Issue will accept unpublished original papers and comprehensive reviews focused on (but not restricted to) the following research areas:

• Information theory for WSNs;
• The application of optimization theory and technology in WSNs;
• Mathematical modeling for WSNs;
• Advanced algorithms to solve practical problems of WSNs;
• Protocol analysis and entropy concept in WSNs;
• Information security, network security and data security of WSNs;
• Energy efficiency of WSNs;
• New applications in WSNs;
• Application of artificial intelligence technologies in WSNs;
• Data analysis and experimental design in WSNs

Prof. Dr. Jeng-Shyang Pan
Prof. Dr. Vaclav Snasel
Dr. Chin-Shiuh Shieh
Dr. Fang Fan
Guest Editors

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