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A Novel Approach Based on Hybrid Algorithm for Energy Efficient Cluster Head Identification in Wireless Sensor Networks

C. Ram Kumar^1,*, K. Murali Krishna², Mohammad Shabbir Alam³, K. Vigneshwaran⁴, Sridharan Kannan⁵, C. Bharatiraja⁶

1 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Dr. N.G.P. Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, 641048, India
2 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Vignan’s Institute of Information Technology, Duvvada, Visakhapatnam, 530049, India
3 Department of Computer Science, College of Computer Science and Information Technology, Jazan University, Jizan, 45142, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
4 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, K.Ramakrishnan College of Engineering, Tiruchirappalli, 621112, India
5 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, JKK Munirajah College of Technology, Erode, 638506, India
6 Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, 603203, India

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