Friendship selection in the social internet of things: Challenges and possible strategies

IEEE Internet of Things Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 240-247

  Nitti, Michele ^a   Atzori, Luigi ^a   Cvijikj, Irena Pletikosa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Internet of Things; navigability; search engine; SIoT; social networks

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; INTERNET OF THINGS; SEARCH ENGINES;

AVERAGE PATH LENGTH; GIANT COMPONENTS; HETEROGENEOUS COMMUNICATION; INTERNET OF THING (IOT); LOCAL INFORMATION; NAVIGABILITY; SCALABILITY ISSUE; SIOT;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84985017691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23274662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2014.2384734     Document Type: Article

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