TaskMe: Toward a dynamic and quality-enhanced incentive mechanism for mobile crowd sensing

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 102, Issue , 2017, Pages 14-26

  Guo, Bin ^a   Chen, Huihui ^a   Yu, Zhiwen ^a   Nan, Wenqian ^a   Xie, Xing ^b   Zhang, Daqing ^c   Zhou, Xingshe ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MICROSOFT RESEARCH ASIA   (China)

^c INSTITUT MINES TELECOM   (France)

Author keywords

Cross community sensing; Data quality; Incentives; Mobile crowd sensing; Reverse auction

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

CROSS-COMMUNITY; DATA QUALITY; INCENTIVES; MOBILE CROWD SENSING; REVERSE AUCTION;

DYNAMICS;

EID: 84994730585     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: 10959300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2016.09.002     Document Type: Article

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