Abstract:

The authors established a sensor programming model based on the genetic algorithms with the characteristics of a wireless sensor taken into account for forest fire monitoring. During the planning, forest terrain, the sensor signal range, the signal penetration and other factors were considered, and algorithm was terminated according to the limiting number of sensors and coverage requirements. Its convergence speed and the number of iterations are controllable. This model can be used for planning the layout of forest fire monitoring sensors that are used in forest with undulating terrain, with as little sensors meet the requirements of coverage.

Key words: genetic algorithm, forest fire, wireless sensor layout, terrain correlation