Table 2 Experimental parameters and results.

From: Coverage optimization and node minimization in WSNs: an enhanced hybrid PSO approach with spatial position encoding

Parameter

Scenario 1

Scenario 2

Scenario 3

Number of Sensors

24

40

219

W (m)

100

100

1000

L (m)

100

100

700

Sensor range (m)

12.5

10

\(\mathcal {N}(35, 6)\)

Algorithm

COVR (%)

COVR (%)

COVR (%)

EHPSO

97.55

98.54

99.24

EMPA

97.03

97.49

91.13

EMPAIS

97.29

98.10

96.18

IVFA

95.35

97.27

97.21

PSO-MBO

96.13

97.46

90.77

COOTCLCO

96.22

97.19

90.48

Initialization method

95.25

97.25

96.18

  1. Significant values are in bold.