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MASS 2012 - 9th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Sensor Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 182-190

  Carbunar, Bogdan ^a   Potharaju, Rahul ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICALLY VIABLE; GEO-SOCIAL NETWORKS; LOCATION BASED; LOCATION INFORMATION; ON-LINE SOCIAL NETWORKS; PROOF OF CONCEPT; SECURE LOCATION; USER PARTICIPATION;

PROFITABILITY;

SENSORS;

EID: 84877659835     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MASS.2012.6502516     Document Type: Conference Paper

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