Multivariate Fractal Autoencoder (MFAE): Sparse Sensor Placement via Cross-Variable Synergy for Ocean Data Reconstruction.

Jiangfeng Xian https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5141-9085

Qiannan Zhang Huafeng Wu Jiangfeng Xian Xiaojun Mei Yuxuan Zhang Linian Liang Hung-Wei Li Kuan-Ching Li Multivariate Fractal Autoencoder (MFAE): Sparse Sensor Placement via Cross-Variable Synergy for Ocean Data Reconstruction. 2026 may15 22345-22358 13 IEEE Internet Things J. 10 https://doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2026.3669389 db/journals/iotj/iotj13.html#ZhangWXMZLLL26 streams/journals/iotj

Jiangfeng Xian Junling Ma Xiaojun Mei Huafeng Wu Nasir Saeed Dezhi Han Mario Donato Marino Kuan-Ching Li Robust Coarse-to-Fine 3-D-Target-Localization Algorithm for Underwater-IoT-Based Networks: Design and Performance Evaluation Under Uncertain Multiparameters. 25119-25135 2025 July 12 IEEE Internet Things J. 13 https://doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2025.3557205 db/journals/iotj/iotj12.html#XianMMWSHML25 streams/journals/iotj

Yuanyuan Zhang 0002 T. Aaron Gulliver Huafeng Wu Jiping Li Xiaojun Mei Jiangfeng Xian Kuan-Ching Li 3-D RSSD Localization Under Mixed Gaussian Noise and NLOS Environments in UWSNs. 28731-28742 2025 July 12 IEEE Internet Things J. 14 https://doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2025.3568009 db/journals/iotj/iotj12.html#ZhangGWLMXL25 streams/journals/iotj

Linian Liang Huafeng Wu Xiaojun Mei Qiannan Zhang Yuanyuan Zhang 0002 Jiangfeng Xian Kuan-Ching Li Robust Target Localization in WSNs: A RotQCP Approach for NLOS Mitigation. 36955-36965 2025 September 12 IEEE Internet Things J. 18 https://doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2025.3581521 db/journals/iotj/iotj12.html#LiangWMZZXL25 streams/journals/iotj

Yuanyuan Zhang 0002 Huafeng Wu T. Aaron Gulliver Jiangfeng Xian Weijun Wang 0006 Fast RSSD multi-target localization in NLOS environments. 2409-2417 2025 47 Trans. Inst. Meas. Control 12 https://doi.org/10.1177/01423312221148787 db/journals/tinstmc/tinstmc47.html#ZhangWGXW25 streams/journals/tinstmc

Yuanyuan Zhang 0002 Huafeng Wu T. Aaron Gulliver Xiaofang Li Jiping Li Jiangfeng Xian Weijun Wang 0006 Real-time RSS-based target localization for UWSNs using an IDE-BP neural network. 20150-20175 2024 September 80 J. Supercomput. 14 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11227-024-06245-z db/journals/tjs/tjs80.html#ZhangWGLLXW24 streams/journals/tjs

Yuanyuan Zhang 0002 Huafeng Wu T. Aaron Gulliver Jiangfeng Xian Linian Liang Improved differential evolution for RSSD-based localization in Gaussian mixture noise. 51-59 2023 206 Comput. Commun. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comcom.2023.04.021 db/journals/comcom/comcom206.html#ZhangWGXL23

Xiaojun Mei Huafeng Wu Dezhi Han Xinqiang Chen Jiangfeng Xian Bing Han 0009 A Computationally Efficient Target Localization Algorithm in Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks. 181-186 2023 ICCCS https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCCS57501.2023.10150512 conf/ccoms/2023 db/conf/ccoms/icccs2023.html#MeiWHCXH23

Xiaojun Mei Dezhi Han Nasir Saeed Huafeng Wu Chin-Chen Chang 0001 Bin Han Teng Ma 0001 Jiangfeng Xian Trajectory Optimization of Autonomous Surface Vehicles with Outliers for Underwater Target Localization. 4343 2022 14 Remote. Sens. 17 https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14174343 db/journals/remotesensing/remotesensing14.html#MeiHSWCHMX22

Jiangfeng Xian Huafeng Wu Xiaojun Mei Xinqiang Chen Yongsheng Yang Low-Delay and Energy-Efficient Opportunistic Routing for Maritime Search and Rescue Wireless Sensor Networks. 5178 2022 14 Remote. Sens. 20 https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14205178 db/journals/remotesensing/remotesensing14.html#XianWMCY22

Huafeng Wu Yanglin Hu Weijun Wang 0006 Xiaojun Mei Jiangfeng Xian Ship Fire Detection Based on an Improved YOLO Algorithm with a Lightweight Convolutional Neural Network Model. 7420 2022 22 Sensors 19 https://doi.org/10.3390/s22197420 db/journals/sensors/sensors22.html#WuHWMX22

Xiaojun Mei Dezhi Han Nasir Saeed Huafeng Wu Teng Ma 0001 Jiangfeng Xian Range Difference-Based Target Localization Under Stratification Effect and NLOS Bias in UWSNs. 2080-2084 2022 11 IEEE Wirel. Commun. Lett. 10 https://doi.org/10.1109/LWC.2022.3193579 db/journals/wcl/wcl11.html#MeiHSWMX22

Xiaojun Mei Huafeng Wu Jiangfeng Xian Bowen Chen RSS-Based Byzantine Fault-Tolerant Localization Algorithm Under NLOS Environment. 474-478 2021 25 IEEE Commun. Lett. 2 https://doi.org/10.1109/LCOMM.2020.3027904 db/journals/icl/icl25.html#MeiWXC21

Yuanyuan Zhang 0002 Huafeng Wu Xiaojun Mei Jiangfeng Xian Weijun Wang 0006 Qiannan Zhang Linian Liang Two-Phase Robust Target Localization in Ocean Sensor Networks Using Received Signal Strength Measurements. 1724 2021 21 Sensors 5 https://doi.org/10.3390/s21051724 db/journals/sensors/sensors21.html#ZhangWMXWZL21

Huafeng Wu Yuanyuan Zhang 0002 Jun Wang 0001 Weijun Wang 0006 Jiangfeng Xian Jing Chen Xiangyi Zou Prasant Mohapatra iOceanSee: A Novel Scheme for Ocean State Estimation Using 3D Mobile Convolutional Neural Network. 153774-153786 2020 8 IEEE Access https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3018270 db/journals/access/access8.html#WuZWWXCZM20

Jiangfeng Xian Huafeng Wu Xiaojun Mei Yuanyuan Zhang 0002 Huixing Chen Jun Wang 0001 NMTLAT: A New robust mobile Multi-Target Localization and Tracking Scheme in marine search and rescue wireless sensor networks under Byzantine attack. 623-635 2020 160 Comput. Commun. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comcom.2020.06.034 db/journals/comcom/comcom160.html#XianWMZCW20

Xiaojun Mei Huafeng Wu Nasir Saeed Teng Ma 0001 Jiangfeng Xian Yanzhen Chen An Absorption Mitigation Technique for Received Signal Strength-Based Target Localization in Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks. 4698 2020 20 Sensors 17 https://doi.org/10.3390/s20174698 https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q98619755 db/journals/sensors/sensors20.html#MeiWSMXC20

Xiaojun Mei Huafeng Wu Jiangfeng Xian Matrix Factorization-Based Target Localization via Range Measurements With Uncertainty in Transmit Power. 1611-1615 2020 9 IEEE Wirel. Commun. Lett. 10 https://doi.org/10.1109/LWC.2020.2998609 db/journals/wcl/wcl9.html#MeiWX20

Huafeng Wu Jiangfeng Xian Xiaojun Mei Yuanyuan Zhang 0002 Jun Wang 0001 Junkuo Cao Prasant Mohapatra Efficient target detection in maritime search and rescue wireless sensor network using data fusion. 53-62 2019 136 Comput. Commun. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comcom.2019.01.002 db/journals/comcom/comcom136.html#WuXMZWCM19

Xiaojun Mei Huafeng Wu Jiangfeng Xian Bowen Chen Hao Zhang Xia Liu A Robust, Non-Cooperative Localization Algorithm in the Presence of Outlier Measurements in Ocean Sensor Networks. 2708 2019 19 Sensors 12 https://doi.org/10.3390/s19122708 https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q92817210 db/journals/sensors/sensors19.html#MeiWXCZL19

Huafeng Wu Qingshun Meng Jiangfeng Xian Xiaojun Mei Christophe Claramunt Junkuo Cao An Information Entropy Based Event Boundary Detection Algorithm in Wireless Sensor Networks. 537 2019 11 Symmetry 4 https://doi.org/10.3390/sym11040537 https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q128041961 db/journals/symmetry/symmetry11.html#WuMXMCC19

Huafeng Wu Jiangfeng Xian Jun Wang 0001 Siddhi Khandge Prasant Mohapatra Missing data recovery using reconstruction in ocean wireless sensor networks. 1-9 2018 132 Comput. Commun. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comcom.2018.09.007 https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q129211114 db/journals/comcom/comcom132.html#WuXWKM18

Junkuo Cao Chin-Chen Chang 0001 Bowen Chen Huixing Chen Jing Chen Xinqiang Chen Yanzhen Chen Christophe Claramunt T. Aaron Gulliver Bin Han Bing Han 0009 Dezhi Han Yanglin Hu Siddhi Khandge Hung-Wei Li Jiping Li Kuanching LiKuan-Ching Li Xiaofang Li Linian Liang Xia Liu Junling Ma Teng Ma 0001 Mario Donato Marino Xiaojun Mei Qingshun Meng Prasant Mohapatra Nasir Saeed Jun Wang 0001 Weijun Wang 0006 Huafeng Wu Yongsheng Yang Hao Zhang Qiannan Zhang Yuanyuan Zhang 0002 Yuxuan Zhang Xiangyi Zou