@InProceedings{ChaPer2004,
    author =       {Haowen Chan and Adrian Perrig},
    title =        {{ACE}: An Emergent Algorithm for Highly Uniform Cluster Formation},
    url = {/publications/papers/ewsn04.pdf},
    booktitle =    {Proceedings of the European Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks (EWSN)},
    year =         2004,
    month =        jan,
    abstract =     {The efficient subdivision of a sensor network into uniform, mostly
non-overlapping clusters of physically close nodes is an
important building block in the design of efficient upper layer
network functions such as routing, broadcast, data aggregation and
query processing.

We present ACE, an algorithm that results in highly uniform, near
optimal sized cluster formation. By using the self-organizing
properties of three rounds of feedback between nodes, the algorithm
induces the emergent formation of clusters that are a near-optimal
cover of the network, with significantly less overlap than the clusters
formed by existing algorithms. The algorithm is scale-independent ---
it completes in time proportional to the deployment density of the
nodes regardless of the overall number of nodes in the network. ACE
requires no knowledge of geographic location and requires only a small
constant amount of communications overhead.}
}