Journal of Cybersecurity and Information Management JCIM 2690-6775 2769-7851 10.54216/JCIM https://www.americaspg.com/journals/show/3464 2019 2019 Efficient Deployment Approach in WSNs Using Heuristic Technique College of Science for Women-Computer Science Dept, University of Babylon, Babylon, Iraq Noor Noor College of Science for Women-Computer Science Dept, University of Babylon, Babylon, Iraq Muhammed Abaid Mahdi College of Science for Women-Computer Science Dept, University of Babylon, Babylon, Iraq Mahdi Abed Salman Several researchers have paid attention to designing deployment algorithms in WSNs. In fact, there are many different ways to deploy sensors in sensors' fields. Selecting one of them mainly is based on the application for which WSN design. However, two main factors should be considered when designing a deployment approach in WSN: coverage and connectivity. In this paper, we present a genetic algorithm (GA) to enhance the sensor deployment in WSNs while concurrently improving the coverage and connectivity rate. The most popular deployment approach is to deploy sensor nodes randomly in the field. Although this approach is simple and easy, it may not achieve good results. In the proposed GA algorithm, the metaheuristic algorithm is used to deploy sensors. Simulations demonstrate that GA achieves a good deployment result compared to other research papers by ensuring maximum network coverage and connectivity rate by achieving efficient coverage and connectivity. 2025 2025 322 330 10.54216/JCIM.150224 https://www.americaspg.com/articleinfo/2/show/3464