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He is pursuing her master\u2019s degree in communication and information engineering at Tianjin University of Technology, China. His research interests include anisotropic wireless sensor networks, wireless sensor networks localization and performance evaluation and optimization.Xianbin Wen received his PhD from the Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi\u2019an, China, in 2005. He is currently a professor with the School of Computer and Communication Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, China. His research interests include image interpretation, machine learning, and information hiding.Liming Yuan received the PhD degree in computer science and technology from Harbin Institute of Technology, China, in 2014. He is currently working as a lecturer in the School of Computer Science and Engineering at Tianjin University of Technology, China. His research interests are mainly in machine learning and image processing.Haixia Xu received her MSc degree in applied mathematics from the Northwestern Polytechnical University, China, in 2006, and a PhD in computer science and technology from the same university in 2009. She is currently an associate professor at the School of Computer and Communication Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, China. 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