High performance sensor integration in distributed sensor networks using mobile agents

International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 325-335

  Qi, Hairong ^a   Wang, Xiaoling ^b   Sitharama Iyengar, S ^c   Chakrabarty, Krishnendu ^a  

^a University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^b Louisiana State University   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED SENSOR NETWORKS; HIGH PERFORMANCE DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING; MOBILE AGENTS; SENSOR INTEGRATION;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MOBILE COMPUTING; PROBLEM SOLVING; SENSORS;

CLIENT SERVER COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 0242498828     PISSN: 10943420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10943420020160031101     Document Type: Article

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