Scalable self-deployment of mobile sensor networks: A fluid dynamics approach

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1446-1451

  Pac, Muhammed R ^a   Erkmen, Aydan M ^b   Erkmen, Ismet ^b  

^a SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF TURKEY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adaptive deployment; Diffusive nodes; Fluent sensor networks; Self spreading

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCALABILITY; SENSOR NETWORKS;

ADAPTIVE DEPLOYMENT; COMPRESSIBLE FLUIDS; DIFFUSIVE NODES; FLUENT SENSOR NETWORKS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 34250612196     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2006.281969     Document Type: Conference Paper

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