Distributed consensus algorithms in sensor networks: Quantized data and random link failures

IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing

Volumn 58, Issue 3 PART 1, 2010, Pages 1383-1400

  Kar, Soummya ^a   Moura, José M F ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bounded quantizer; Consensus; Convergence; Quantized; Quantizer saturation; Random link failures; Sample path behavior; Stochastic approximation

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS; CONVERGENCE; QUANTIZED; QUANTIZERS; RANDOM LINK FAILURES; SAMPLE PATH; STOCHASTIC APPROXIMATIONS;

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSORS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; VECTORS;

RANDOM VARIABLES;

EID: 80052335250     PISSN: 1053587X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSP.2009.2036046     Document Type: Article

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