Distributed Sensor Networks

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Features

  • Offers self-contained, detailed information on DSN theory and applications
  • Provides the computational theoretical background needed to understand the subject
  • Presents applications from many fields such as robotics, image processing, electric power, communications, and medicine
  • Gives suggested applications for applying theoretical concepts
  • Includes a number of recurring themes including multidimensional data structures, reasoning with uncertainty, system dependability
  • Summary

    The vision of researchers to create smart environments through the deployment of thousands of sensors, each with a short range wireless communications channel and capable of detecting ambient conditions such as temperature, movement, sound, light, or the presence of certain objects is becoming a reality. With the emergence of high-speed networks and with their increased computational capabilities, Distributed Sensor Networks (DSN) have a wide range of real-time applications in aerospace, automation, defense, medical imaging, robotics, and weather prediction. Over the past several years, scientists, engineers, and researchers in a multitude of disciplines have been clamoring for more detailed information without much success. Until now, in fact, this evolving technology was so new and proprietary that information has been available only in scattered articles or basic books.

    Distributed Sensor Networks is a complete, self-contained book that introduces background theory and applications of this revolutionary new technology. It contains essential background on wireless networks, signal processing, and self-organizing systems. This volume encompasses a number of recurring themes like multidimensional data structures, reasoning with uncertainty, system dependability, and the use of metaheuristics.

    With over 500 illustrations and over 1,000 pages of in depth information, Distributed Sensor Networks is both an excellent introduction to the field and a complete reference source. With contributions from leading experts, virtually every major topic on 'Smart Dust' is examined. This volume promises to become the definitive guide to understanding this far-reaching technology for years to come, opening frontiers in research and applications.

    Table of Contents

    An Overview, S.S. Iyengar, Ankit Tandon, and R.R. Brooks
    Microsensor Applications, David Shepherd
    A Taxonomy of Distributed Sensor Networks, Shivakumar Sastry and S.S. Iyengar
    Contrast with Traditional Systems, R.R. Brooks
    Digital Signal Processing Background, Yu Hen Hu
    Image-Processing Background
    Lynne Grewe and Ben Shahshahani
    Object Detection and Classification, Akbar M. Sayeed
    Parameter Estimation
    David Friedlander
    Target Tracking with Self-Organizing Distributed Sensors
    R.R. Brooks, C. Griffin, D.S. Friedlander, and J.D. Koch
    Collaborative Signal and Information Processing: An
    Information-Directed Approach
    Feng Zhao, Jie Liu, Juan Liu, Leonidas Guibas, and James Reich
    Environmental Effects, David C. Swanson
    Detecting and Counteracting Atmospheric Effects
    Lynne L. Grewe
    Signal Processing and Propagation for Aeroacoustic Sensor Networks, Richard J. Kozick, Brian M. Sadler, and D. Keith Wilson
    Distributed Multi-Target Detection in Sensor Networks
    Xiaoling Wang, Hairong Qi, and Steve Beck
    Foundations of Data Fusion for Automation
    S.S. Iyengar, S. Sastry, and N. Balakrishnan
    Measurement-Based Statistical Fusion Methods For Distributed Sensor Networks, Nageswara S.V. Rao
    Soft Computing Techniques, R.R. Brooks
    Estimation and Kalman Filters, David L. Hall
    Data Registration, R.R. Brooks, Jacob Lamb, and Lynne Grewe
    Signal Calibration, Estimation for Real-Time Monitoring and Control, Asok Ray and Shashi Phoha
    Semantic Information Extraction, David Friedlander
    Fusion in the Context of Information Theory
    Mohiuddin Ahmed and Gregory Pottie
    Multispectral Sensing, N.K. Bose
    Coverage-Oriented Sensor Deployment
    Yi Zou and Krishnendu Chakrabarty
    Deployment of Sensors: An Overview
    S.S. Iyengar, Ankit Tandon, Qishi Wu, Eungchun Cho,
    Nageswara S.V. Rao, and Vijay K. Vaishnavi
    Genetic Algorithm for Mobile Agent Routing in Distributed
    Sensor Networks, Qishi Wu, S.S. Iyengar, and Nageswara S.V. Rao
    Computer Network - Basic Principles, Suresh Rai
    Location-Centric Networking in Distributed Sensor Networks, Kuang-Ching Wang and Parameswaran Ramanathan
    Directed Diffusion, Fabio Silva, John Heidemann, Ramesh Govindan, and Deborah Estrin
    Data Security Perspectives, David W. Carman
    Quality of Service Metrics, N. Gautam
    Network Daemons for Distributed Sensor Networks
    Nageswara S.V. Rao and Qishi Wu
    Designing Energy-Aware Sensor Systems
    N. Vijaykrishnan, M.J. Irwin, M. Kandemir, L. Li, G. Chen, and B. Kang
    Operating System Power Management
    Vishnu Swaminathan and Krishnendu Chakrabarty
    An Energy-Aware Approach for Sensor Data Communication, H. Saputra, N. Vijaykrishnan, M. Kandemir, R. Brooks, and M.J. Irwin
    Compiler-Directed Communication Energy Optimizations
    for Microsensor Networks, I. Kadayif, M. Kandemir, A. Choudhary, M. Karakoy,
    N. Vijaykrishnan, and M.J. Irwin
    Sensor-Centric Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks
    Rajgopal Kannan and S.S. Iyengar
    Query Processing in Sensor Networks
    Samuel Madden and Johannes Gehrke
    Autonomous Software Reconfiguration, R.R. Brooks
    Mobile Code Support, R.R. Brooks and T. Keiser
    The Mobile-Agent Framework for Collaborative Processing
    in Sensor Networks, Hairong Qi, Yingyue Xu, and Teja Phani Kuruganti
    Distributed Services, Alvin S. Lim
    Adaptive Active Querying, Bhaskar Krishnamachari
    Need for Self-Configuration, R.R. Brooks
    Emergence, R.R. Brooks
    Biological Primitives, M. Pirretti
    Physics and Chemistry, Mengxia Zhu, Richard Brooks, Matthew Pirretti, and S.S. Iyengar
    Collective Intelligence for Power-Aware Routing in
    Mobile Ad Hoc Sensor Networks
    Vijay S. Iyer, S.S. Iyengar, and N. Balakrishnan
    Random Networks and Percolation Theory
    R.R. Brooks
    On the Behavior of Communication Links in a Multi-Hop
    Mobile Environment , Prince Samar and Stephen B. Wicker
    Example Distributed Sensor Network Control Hierarchy
    Mengxia Zhu, S.S. Iyengar, Jacob Lamb,
    R.R. Brooks, and Matthew Pirretti
    SenSoft: Development of a Collaborative Sensor Network
    Gail Mitchell, Jeff Mazurek, Ken Theriault, and Prakash Manghwani
    Statistical Approaches to Cleaning Sensor Data
    Eiman Elnahrawy and Badri Nath
    Plant Monitoring with Special Reference to Endangered Species, K.W. Bridges and Edo Biagioni
    Designing Distributed Sensor Applications for Wireless Mesh Networks, Robert Poor and Cliff Bowman
    Beamforming, J.C. Chen and K. Yao

    Editorial Reviews

    "This book presents very wide coverage of all the aspects concerned with designing and developing DSNs. Each section or chapter can be read separately because it is a brief tutorial on a given topic. In conclusion, it gives me pleasure to recommend this book to prospective readers for its relevance, excellent presentation, and comprehensive coverage."
    -Comsoc.com, Andrzej R. Pach, March 2006

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