Performance study of wireless sensor and actuator networks in forest fire scenarios

International Journal of Communication Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 515-529

  Kułakowski, Paweł ^a   Calle, Eusebi ^b   Marzo, Jose L ^b  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

actuators; environmental monitoring; epidemics propagation; forest fires; wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST FIRE DETECTION; FOREST FIRES; NETWORK DEGRADATIONS; PERFORMANCE STUDY; SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES; WIRELESS SENSOR AND ACTUATOR NETWORKS;

ACTUATORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORESTATION; FIRES;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

ACTUATORS; DEFORESTATION; FIRE FIGHTING; FOREST FIRES; SAFETY EQUIPMENT; SENSORS; SIMULATION;

EID: 84875088998     PISSN: 10745351     EISSN: 10991131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dac.2311     Document Type: Article

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