MidFusion: An adaptive middleware for information fusion in sensor network applications

Information Fusion

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 332-343

  Alex, Hitha ^a   Kumar, Mohan ^a   Shirazi, Behrooz ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian networks; Information fusion; Middleware; Sensor network applications

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION THEORY; INFORMATION FUSION; SENSOR NETWORKS; SMART SENSORS;

ADAPTIVE MIDDLEWARE; MIDFUSION; SENSOR NETWORK APPLICATIONS; SENSOR SELECTION ALGORITHMS;

MIDDLEWARE;

EID: 43549109861     PISSN: 15662535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.inffus.2005.05.007     Document Type: Article

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