Optimizing event coverage in theme parks

Wireless Networks

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1445-1459

  Solmaz, Gürkan ^a   Turgut, Damla ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Event coverage; Mobile sink; Mobility models; Sensor networks; Theme parks

Indexed keywords

MODELS; SENSOR NETWORKS;

CROWDS OF PEOPLES; DECISION PROBLEMS; EVENT COVERAGE; GEOGRAPHICAL AREA; MOBILE SINKS; MOBILITY MODEL; PROBABILITY ESTIMATION; THEME PARK;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84904395948     PISSN: 10220038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11276-014-0688-z     Document Type: Article

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