References

Cano, C., M.G. Zapata and B. Bellalta, 2008. Secure and efficient data collection in sensor networks. Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on EuroNGI/EuroFGI Network of Excellence, January 16-18, 2008, Sapringer, Barcelona, Spain, pp: 37-48.

Chen, S., M. Coolbeth, H. Dinh, Y.A. Kim and B. Wang, 2009. Data collection with multiple sinks in wireless sensor networks wireless algorithms, systems and applications. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Wireless Algorithms, Systems and Applications, WASA'09, Springer-Verlag, pp: 284-294.

Chen, S., Y. Wang, X.Y. Li and X. Shi, 2009. Order-optimal data collection in wireless sensor networks: Delay and capacity. Proceedings of the 6th Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad-Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON'09), June 22-26, 2009, IEEE, Rome, Italy, ISBN:978-1-4244-2907-3, pp: 1-9.

Chilamkurti, N., S. Zeadally, A. Vasilakos and V. Sharma, 2009. Cross-layer support for energy efficient routing in wireless sensor networks. J. Sens., 2009: 1-9.
Direct Link  |  

Chu, D., A. Deshpande, J.M. Hellerstein and W. Hong, 2006. Approximate data collection in sensor networks using probabilistic models. Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE'06), April 3-7, 2006, IEEE, Atlanta, Georgia, ISBN:0-7695-2570-9, pp: 48-48.

Gaikwad, R., S. Agrawal and S. Dusane, 2012. Query processing for sensor networks. Wirel. Commun., 4: 19-25.
Direct Link  |  

Greenacre, M. and R. Primicerio, 2008. Measures of Distance Between Samples: Euclidean. Fundacion BBVA Publication, Maxico, Pages: 984.

Han, K., J. Luo, Y. Liu and A.V. Vasilakos, 2013. Algorithm design for data communications in duty-cycled wireless sensor networks: A survey. IEEE. Commun. Mag., 51: 107-113.
CrossRef  |  Direct Link  |  

Heinzelman, W.R., A. Chandrakasan and H. Balakrishnan, 2000. Energy-efficient communication protocol for wireless microsensor networks. Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, January 4-7, 2000, Maui, HI., USA., pp: 1-10.

ISI., 1989. Network simulator. Information Sciences Institute, Marina del Rey, California. http:///www.isi.edu/nsnam/ns.

Incel, O.D., A. Ghosh, B. Krishnamachari and K. Chintalapudi, 2012. Fast data collection in tree-based wireless sensor networks. IEEE Trans. Mobile Comput., 11: 86-99.
CrossRef  |  Direct Link  |  

Javed, H., M. Merabti, R.J. Askwith, S. Waheed and M. Haleem et al., 2012. A technique for handling multiple queries for wireless sensor network. World Appl. Sci. J., 19: 1563-1567.
CrossRef  |  Direct Link  |  

Kulik, L., E. Tanin and M. Umer, 2008. Efficient Data Collection and Selective Queries in Sensor Networks. In: GeoSensor Networks, Nittel, S., A. Labrinidis and A. Stefanidis (Eds.). Sapringer, Berlin, Germany, ISBN:978-3-540-79995-5, pp: 25-44.

Li, J. and S.M. Shatz, 2010. Remote query processing in wireless sensor networks using coordinated mobile objects. Proceedings of the Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems, October 14-16, 2010, The Hyatt Lodge at McDonald's Campus, Oak Brook, Illinois, USA., pp: 82-87.

Li, J., A. Deshpande and S. Khuller, 2010. On computing compression trees for data collection in wireless sensor networks. Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on INFOCOM, March 14-19, 2010, IEEE, San Diego, California, ISBN:978-1-4244-5836-3, pp: 1-9.

Li, M., Z. Li and A.V. Vasilakos, 2013. A survey on topology control in wireless sensor networks: Taxonomy, comparative study and open issues. Proc. IEEE., 101: 2538-2557.
CrossRef  |  Direct Link  |  

Liu, X.Y., Y. Zhu, L. Kong, C. Liu and Y. Gu et al., 2015. CDC: Compressive data collection for wireless sensor networks. IEEE. Trans. Parallel Distrib. Syst., 26: 2188-2197.
CrossRef  |  Direct Link  |  

Madden, S., M.J. Franklin, J. Hellerstein and Wei Hong, 2002. Tag: A tiny aggregation service for ad-hoc sensor networks. Proceedings of the 5th Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation, December 9-11, 2002, Boston, MA., USA., pp: 131-146.

Nittel, S., G. Jin and Y. Shiraishi, 2005. In-networks spatial query estimation in sensor networks. Trans. Inst. Electron. Inf. Commun. Eng. A., 88: 1413-1421.

Sengupta, S., S. Das, M. Nasir, A.V. Vasilakos and W. Pedrycz, 2012. An evolutionary multiobjective sleep-scheduling scheme for differentiated coverage in wireless sensor networks. IEEE. Trans. Syst. Man Cybern., 42: 1093-1102.
CrossRef  |  Direct Link  |  

Sheng, Z., S. Yang, Y. Yu, A.V. Vasilakos and J.A. McCann et al., 2013. A survey on the IETF protocol suite for the internet of things: Standards, challenges and opportunities. IEEE. Wirel. Commun., 20: 91-98.
CrossRef  |  Direct Link  |  

Wang, L. and A. Deshpande, 2008. Predictive modeling-based data collection in wireless sensor networks. Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks, January 30-February 1, 2008, Springer, Bologna, Italy, ISBN:978-3-540-77689-5, pp: 34-51.

Wei, G., Y. Ling, B. Guo, B. Xiao and A.V. Vasilakos, 2011. Prediction-based data aggregation in wireless sensor networks: Combining grey model and Kalman Filter. Comput. Commun., 34: 793-802.
CrossRef  |  Direct Link  |  

Xiao, Y., M. Peng, J. Gibson, G.G. Xie and D.Z. Du et al., 2012. Tight performance bounds of multihop fair access for MAC protocols in wireless sensor networks and underwater sensor networks. IEEE. Trans. Mob. Comput., 11: 1538-1554.
CrossRef  |  Direct Link  |  

Xu, X., R. Ansari, A. Khokhar and A.V. Vasilakos, 2015. Hierarchical Data Aggregation using Compressive Sensing (HDACS) in WSNs. ACM. Trans. Sens. Netw., 11: 1-25.
CrossRef  |  Direct Link  |  

Yao, Y., Q. Cao and A.V. Vasilakos, 2015. EDAL: An energy-efficient, delay-aware and lifetime-balancing data collection protocol for heterogeneous wireless sensor networks. IEEE. ACM. Trans. Networking, 23: 810-823.
CrossRef  |  Direct Link  |  

Yuan, X., X. Dai, J. Zhao and Q. He, 2014. On a novel multi-swarm fruit fly optimization algorithm and its application. Appl. Math. Comput., 233: 260-271.
Direct Link  |