Papers
6
Total Citations
52
H-Index
4
About
Pascale Minet is a researcher whose work sits at the intersection of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) and autonomous robotics, with a particular focus on optimizing sensor deployment, coverage, and fault tolerance. Her most influential contribution, "Sensors Deployment Enhancement by a Mobile Robot in Wireless Sensor Networks" (2010), has garnered 29 citations and addresses one of the most fundamental challenges in WSN design — ensuring comprehensive area coverage in unattended or hazardous environments. Minet has pioneered the use of mobile robots as active agents in WSN management, developing strategies for autonomous sensor placement, trajectory optimization, and failure repair. Her 2011 work on fault-tolerant WSNs introduced centralized and distributed strategies for deploying mobile robots to handle sensor failures, ensuring continuous service in critical applications. Later research applied game theory to sensor node deployment, reflecting her drive to incorporate intelligent, adaptive approaches into network design. Through investigations into single and multi-robot trajectories, she has contributed practical frameworks for minimizing deployment costs while satisfying connectivity and coverage requirements. Her cumulative body of work represents a meaningful advance in making wireless sensor networks more resilient, efficient, and autonomously maintainable.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Sensors Deployment Enhancement by a Mobile Robot in Wireless Sensor Networks29 citations · 2010
- 2Repairing sensors strategies in fault-tolerant wireless sensor networks7 citations · 2011
- 3A game theory-based approach for robots deploying wireless sensor nodes6 citations · 2015
- 4Optimized trajectory of a robot deploying wireless sensor nodes4 citations · 2014
- 5Optimized trajectories of multi-robot deploying wireless sensor nodes4 citations · 2015
- 6Robots-Assisted Redeployment in Wireless Sensor Networks2 citations · 2012