Fault reconnaissance agent for sensor networks

Mobile Information Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 229-247

  Shakshuki, Elhadi M ^a   Xing, Xinyu ^b   Sheltami, Tarek R ^c  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^c KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

expectation maximization algorithm; intelligent agents; Management; wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; FAULT DETECTION; INFERENCE ENGINES; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSOR NODES; SIGNAL RECONSTRUCTION; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

AGENT SYSTEMS; EXPECTATION-MAXIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; FAULT PROBABILITIES; INFERENCE TECHNIQUES; INTELLIGENT AGENT SYSTEM; PROBLEM SOLVERS; SENSOR NETWORK ENVIRONMENT; WIRELESS SENSOR;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 77957172671     PISSN: 1574017X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/MIS-2010-0101     Document Type: Article

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