#1,2,3,4,5Department of ECE, Rajiv Gandhi College of Engineering, Research and Technology, Chandrapur, India. Emails: rkrishna40@rediffmail.com, hemalata.pangantiwar@gmail.com, paragdhankar@gmail.com, rajeshbhute@gmail.com, rcert.psangeetha@gmail.com
Received: 12th Dec, 2025; Revised: 12th Feb 2026; Accepted: 13th Feb, 2026; Available Online: 10th March, 2026
In this paper Clustering is executed utilizing a new approach influenced by the herd behavior of Goat. Goats are social animals that form small groups of about 5 to 8 goats that are a family. Goats generally establish a "pecking order" or in herds there is a predominant pattern where a particular goat dominates others. Superiority is decided based on three factors: age, sex and the absence or presence of horns Once the hierarchy is established, two individual goats take up the responsibility of the whole herds become responsible for the flock's wellbeing. The buck that dominates most is called the "Top Buck". Most dominant doe is called the "Flock Queen." This behaviour of goats is the motivating factor for the proposed clustering technique. where it is presumed that 100 nodes are scattered in an area whose energies vary randomly. About 15 groups are formed with each group comprising of about 6 to 8 nodes in each group. In each group two nodes are picked to act as Cluster heads akin to Top buck and Flock Queen. The nodes collect the data and transfer it to cluster head. The cluster heads transmit the data to the sink directly and in case distance of base station is more an intermediate node will be selected. After some time of communication, the energy of cluster head is exhausted and reaches a threshold and next cluster head takes over and communication continues This process continues till the energy of second cluster head is also exhausted. On comparison of this technique with the existing techniques, this method shows an improvement in lifetime and energy consumption.
Keywords: Goat Optimization, Cluster heads, Top Buck, Flock Queen, Intermediate nodes, Base Stations
How to cite this article: Krishna RK, Pangantiwar H, Dhankar PP, Bhute RS, Sangeetha P. Goat Optimization Technique based on Clustering and Routing for Lifetime Enhancement in Wireless Sensor Networks. Int J Drug Deliv Technol. 2026;16(16s): 21-28. DOI: 10.25258/ijddt.16.16s.4
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