Distributed sensor fusion for scalar field mapping using mobile sensor networks

IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 766-778

  La, Hung Manh ^a,b   Sheng, Weihua ^c  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^c Oklahoma State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative sensing; Flocking control; Mobile sensor networks (MSNs); Sensor fusion

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS MOBILE SENSOR NETWORKS; COOPERATIVE SENSING; DISTRIBUTED CONSENSUS; DISTRIBUTED SENSOR; FLOCKING CONTROL; MOBILE SENSOR NETWORKS; MOBILE SENSOR NODE; SENSOR FUSION;

ALGORITHMS; ESTIMATION; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSOR NODES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

EID: 84890440938     PISSN: 21682267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCB.2012.2215919     Document Type: Article

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