Drought forecast model and framework using wireless sensor networks

Journal of Information Science and Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 751-769

  Kung, Hsu Yang ^a   Hua, Jing Shiuan ^a   Chen, Chaur Tzuhn ^a  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Back propagation network; Decision and support mechanisms; Drought disaster; Embedded multimedia communication; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DISASTERS; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; SENSORS;

BACK-PROPAGATION NETWORK; DECISION AND SUPPORT MECHANISMS; DROUGHT DISASTERS; EMBEDDED MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33746875596     PISSN: 10162364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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