GridStix: Supporting flood prediction using embedded hardware and next generation grid middleware

Proceedings - WoWMoM 2006: 2006 International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 621-626

  Hughes, Danny ^a   Greenwood, Phil ^a   Coulson, Geoff ^a   Blair, Gordon ^a   Pappenberger, Florian ^b   Smith, Paul ^b   Beven, Keith ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE; DATA STRUCTURES; DISTRIBUTED DATABASE SYSTEMS; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; FLOOD DAMAGE; SENSORS;

EMBEDDED DEVICES; HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS; WIRELESS NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY;

MIDDLEWARE;

EID: 33845929558     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WOWMOM.2006.49     Document Type: Conference Paper

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