From: Michel Salomon Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 16:15:09 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Last updates X-Git-Url: https://bilbo.iut-bm.univ-fcomte.fr/and/gitweb/JournalMultiPeriods.git/commitdiff_plain/d15f7d191fc69258f81b9103f361f9180d072caa?ds=sidebyside Last updates --- diff --git a/article.tex b/article.tex index 1299026..5e7bea7 100644 --- a/article.tex +++ b/article.tex @@ -644,16 +644,16 @@ $W_{U}$ & $|P|^2$ \\ solver returns the best solution found, which is not necessary the optimal one. In practice, we only set time limit values for $T=5$ and $T=7$. In fact, for $T=5$ we limited the time for 250~nodes, whereas for $T=7$ it was for the - three largest network sizes. Therefore we used the following values (in + three largest network sizes. Therefore we used the following values (in second): 0.03 for 250~nodes when $T=5$, while for $T=7$ we chose 0.03, 0.06, - and 0.08 for respectively 150, 200, and 250~nodes. - These time limit thresholds have been set empirically. The basic idea consists - in considering the average execution time to solve the integer programs to - optimality, then in dividing this average time by three to set the threshold - value. After that, this threshold value is increased if necessary so that - the solver is able to deliver a feasible solution within the time limit. In - fact, selecting the optimal values for the time limits will be investigated in - the future.} + and 0.08 for respectively 150, 200, and 250~nodes. These time limit + thresholds have been set empirically. The basic idea is to consider the + average execution time to solve the integer programs to optimality for 100 + nodes and then to adjust the time linearly according to the increasing network + size. After that, this threshold value is increased if necessary so that the + solver is able to deliver a feasible solution within the time limit. In fact, + selecting the optimal values for the time limits will be investigated in the + future.} In the following, we will make comparisons with two other methods. The first method, called DESK and proposed by \cite{ChinhVu}, is a full distributed @@ -663,13 +663,13 @@ $W_{U}$ & $|P|^2$ \\ phase time. Some preliminary experiments were performed to study the choice of the number of -subregions which subdivides the sensing field, considering different network +subregions which subdivides the sensing field, considering different network sizes. They show that as the number of subregions increases, so does the network lifetime. Moreover, it makes the MuDiLCO protocol more robust against random -network disconnection due to node failures. However, too many subdivisions -reduce the advantage of the optimization. In fact, there is a balance between -the benefit from the optimization and the execution time needed to solve -it. In the following we have set the number of subregions to 16. +network disconnection due to node failures. However, too many subdivisions +reduce the advantage of the optimization. In fact, there is a balance between +the benefit from the optimization and the execution time needed to solve it. In +the following we have set the number of subregions to 16. \subsection{Energy model} @@ -987,7 +987,7 @@ into account to schedule the sensing phase. \textcolor{blue}{Obviously, the become quickly unsuitable for a sensor node, especially when the sensor network size increases as demonstrated by Unlimited-MuDiLCO-7. Notice that for 250 nodes, we also limited the execution time for $T=5$, otherwise the - execution time would have been above MuDiLCO-7. On the one hand, a large + execution time, denoted by Unlimited-MuDiLCO-5, is also above MuDiLCO-7. On the one hand, a large value for $T$ permits to reduce the energy-overhead due to the three pre-sensing phases, on the other hand a leader node may waste a considerable amount of energy to solve the optimization problem. Thus, limiting the time @@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ node density which results in more and more redundant nodes that can be deactivated and thus save energy. Compared to the other approaches, our MuDiLCO protocol maximizes the lifetime of the network. In particular the gain in lifetime for a coverage over 95\%, and a network of 250~nodes, is greater than -38\% when switching from GAF to MuDiLCO-5. +43\% when switching from GAF to MuDiLCO-5. %The lower performance that can be observed for MuDiLCO-7 in case %of $Lifetime_{95}$ with large wireless sensor networks results from the %difficulty of the optimization problem to be solved by the integer program.