aspg-18-2808-1792600875 20261021164115 American Scientific Publishing Group admin@americaspg.com American Scientific Publishing Group Journal of Intelligent Systems and Internet of Things JISIoT 2769-786X 2690-6791 2024 13 1 R. Padmaraj Department of Information Technology, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608002, Tamil Nadu, India K. Selvakumar Department of Information Technology, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608002, Tamil Nadu, India Wireless sensor network (WSN) performs monitoring of each aspect of the area of interest by detecting the surrounding physical phenomena with sensor nodes and transferring the information to the gateway through the corresponding system. Several researcher workers have introduced localization methods to accomplish high accuracy of localization. An intelligent optimization technique has attracted various researcher workers due to its advantages such as strong optimization capability and few parameters to optimize the localization performance of the DV-Hop method. Sink node localization (NL) using metaheuristics in WSN includes applying optimization techniques inspired by human behavior or natural phenomena to define the geographical coordinates of the sink nodes within the network coverage region. WSNs can accomplish better localization performance, especially in dynamic or complex environments, improving the efficiency and reliability of network management and data transmission by leveraging metaheuristics. In this view, this manuscript develops a Dung Beetle Optimization based Sink Node Localization Approach (DBO-SNLA) for WSN. In the DBO-SNLA technique, the DBO algorithm involved is based on the social behavior of dung beetle populations and is developed with five updated rules to assist in finding high-quality solutions. In addition, the DBO-SNLA technique addresses the issues of defining the sink node location with lowest localization error once the data between the nodes is transferred wirelessly. Finally, the localization errors are calculated and the location of the different unknown nodes is computed. A detailed set of simulation takes place to examine the performance of the DBO-SNLA technique. The empirical analysis stated the betterment of the DBO-SNLA method than other techniques 2024 08 20 2808 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 10.54216/JISIoT.130101 https://www.americaspg.com/journal/18/article/2808 https://www.americaspg.com/storage/31736507316.pdf