Distributed statistical estimation of the number of nodes in sensor networks

Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1498-1503

  Varagnolo, Damiano ^a   Pillonetto, Gianluigi ^a   Schenato, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Consensus algorithms; Distributed estimation; Number of sensors; Sensor networks

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; SENSOR NETWORKS;

CONSENSUS ALGORITHMS; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; DISTRIBUTED ESTIMATION; IDENTIFICATION NUMBER; LEADER ELECTION; PRIVACY PROBLEMS; SIMILAR DATUM; STATISTICAL ESTIMATION;

SENSOR NODES;

EID: 79953159118     PISSN: 07431546     EISSN: 25762370     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CDC.2010.5717355     Document Type: Conference Paper

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