@inproceedings{scholars5762,
       publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.},
            year = {2015},
         journal = {ISTT 2014 - 2014 IEEE 2nd International Symposium on Telecommunication Technologies},
           pages = {34--38},
             doi = {10.1109/ISTT.2014.7238172},
           title = {The impact of clustering on the average path length in wireless sensor networks},
            note = {cited By 1; Conference of 2nd IEEE International Symposium on Telecommunication Technologies, ISTT 2014 ; Conference Date: 24 November 2014 Through 26 November 2014; Conference Code:115880},
        keywords = {Algorithms; Wireless sensor networks, Average path length; Battery consumption; Efficient bandwidth; Information transport; Network density; Routing performance; Structured topologies; Virtual backbone, Clustering algorithms},
          author = {Aziz, A. A. and {\AA}?ekercio{\^E}?lu, Y. A.},
            isbn = {9781479959822},
        abstract = {Clustering algorithms have been widely used in wireless sensor networks for virtual backbone construction. They organize the nodes into smaller groups and form a structured topology allowing more efficient bandwidth usage and battery consumption. As the clustering algorithms are usually used for routing, it is crucial to measure the efficiency of the generated backbone in information transport. Failure to do so will impact the routing performance and reduce the reliability of the system. This paper investigates whether the backbone formed by clustering algorithms is able to preserve the routing paths of the network. This property is evaluated by comparing the performance of several clustering algorithms with respect to the average path length. In order to obtain accurate results, the performance is investigated under different network sizes as well as network densities. {\^A}{\copyright} 2014 IEEE.},
             url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84946600160&doi=10.1109\%2fISTT.2014.7238172&partnerID=40&md5=09a247e2c393930b72ffba562f88d1c9}
}