Charging path optimization for wireless rechargeable sensor network

In wireless rechargeable sensor networks(WRSNs), charging path planning becomes more and more important. In this paper, a charging path planning model based on high-dimensional multi-objective optimization is proposed, which takes life cycle, distance, energy consumption and charging time into consideration. At the same time, an improved algorithm is proposed to improve the crossover mode and diversity of the reference-point-based many-objective evolutionary algorithm following non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm(NSGA)&NSGA-II framework(we call it NSGA-III) for charging path planning. In the end, the validity of the charging process and the rationality of the charging path are verified by experimental comparison.