FIXED-SET LEARNING FOR CLUSTER-HEAD SELECTION IN MULTI-HOP WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS

Raouf Ouanis Lakehal Ayat; ,; Salim Bouamama; ,

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FIXED-SET LEARNING FOR CLUSTER-HEAD SELECTION IN MULTI-HOP WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS

Authors:

Raouf Ouanis Lakehal Ayat | , | Salim Bouamama | ,

Publisher:

Princess Sumaya University for Technology

Journal:

Jordanian Journal of Computers and Information Technology Vol.12 Issue 2, pp.0-0

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2026

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001937087

pISSN:

2413-9351

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Abstract:

 Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have remained an active research field in both military and civilian domains, driven by the expanding diversity of their applications. In recent years, there has been a progressive shift toward integrating Artificial Intelligence to address the persistent challenge of energy optimization in WSNs. We introduce a novel adaptation of a Fixed Set Search (FSS) mechanism to WSNs. FSS adds a learning phase to the well-known GRASP metaheuristic. FSS-WSN approach guides the Base Station (BS) in a centralized multi-hop environment to select the optimal cluster-heads, thereby maximizing the global utility of the network. We evaluated our approach under documented fairness conditions, against a wide range of established baselines including classical clustering protocols (LEACH, HEED, SEP), widely used swarm optimizers (PSO, GWO, ABC), the recent multi-hop hybrid EEM-LEACH-ABC, and recent SO-GJO-family variants (SO, GJO, EMO–GJO, and ESO–GJO). The results demonstrate a statistically significant improvement (paired Wilcoxon test with Holm correction) over the best baseline regarding two key metrics–the number of delivered reports and the CPU time required for decision-making. These results suggest that our approach is a strong, practical option for many WSN use cases.

Article Details

FIXED-SET LEARNING FOR CLUSTER-HEAD SELECTION IN MULTI-HOP WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS

Authors:

Raouf Ouanis Lakehal Ayat | , | Salim Bouamama | ,

Publisher:

Princess Sumaya University for Technology

Journal:

Jordanian Journal of Computers and Information Technology Vol.12 Issue 2, pp.0-0

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2026

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001937087

pISSN:

2413-9351

Wireless sensor networks

Cluster-head selection

Multi-hop

Fixed Set Search

Metaheuristics

Energy efficiency

Issues

Article Details

FIXED-SET LEARNING FOR CLUSTER-HEAD SELECTION IN MULTI-HOP WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS

Authors: Raouf Ouanis Lakehal Ayat | , | Salim Bouamama | ,

Publisher: Princess Sumaya University for Technology

Journal: Jordanian Journal of Computers and Information Technology Vol.12 Issue 2, pp.0-0

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 1/2026

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2001937087

pISSN: 2413-9351

Wireless sensor networks

Cluster-head selection

Multi-hop

Fixed Set Search

Metaheuristics

Energy efficiency

Issues

Authors:

Raouf Ouanis Lakehal Ayat | , | Salim Bouamama | ,

Publisher:

Princess Sumaya University for Technology

Journal:

Jordanian Journal of Computers and Information Technology Vol.12 Issue 2, pp.0-0

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2026

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001937087

pISSN:

2413-9351