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简介:AMonteCarloAnalysisofnodesdeploymentforlarge-scaleandnon-homogeneouswirelesssensornetworks,hasbeendone.Throughsimulationsofrandomdeploymentsofnodesoverasquareareausingdifferentdensities,assumingthatournetworkiscomposedbyAnchornodes(specialsensorswithknownposition)andsimpleSensornodes,thelatteraresupposedtoestimatetheirownpositionafterbeingplacedwithinthecoverageareawiththeminimumAnchornodesneededto'feed'themwiththenecessaryinformation.Thegoalisthentoassistdecision-makersinselectingamongdifferentalternativestodeploythenetworks,accordingtoresourcesfeaturesandavailability,hencethismethodprovidesanestimatevalueofhowmanyAnchornodesshouldbedeployedinagivenareatotriggerthelocationalgorithminthegreatestpossiblenumberofSensornodesinthenetwork.