ViSIAr - a virtual sensor integration architecture

Robotica

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 635-647

  Hardy, Nigel ^a   Maroof, Aftab Ahmad ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FAST Institute of Computer Science   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; SENSORS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

SENSOR INTEGRATION SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL SENSORS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0033323058     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263574799001915     Document Type: Article

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