Reflecting on the DARPA red balloon challenge

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 78-85

  Tang, John C ^a   Cebrian, Manuel ^b,c   Giacobe, Nicklaus A ^d   Kim, Hyun Woo ^d   Kim, Taemie ^c   Wickert, Douglas Beaker ^e  

^a MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY   (United States)

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EID: 79953669701     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 15577317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1924421.1924441     Document Type: Article

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