Combining multi-agent systems and wireless sensor networks for monitoring crop irrigation

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2017, Pages

  Villarrubia, Gabriel ^a   De Paz, Juan F ^a   De La Iglesia, Daniel H ^a   Bajo, Javier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ambient intelligence; Fuzzy logic; Smart irrigation; Virtual organizations of agents; Wireless sensor

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AMBIENT INTELLIGENCE; COSTS; CROPS; FUZZY LOGIC; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; IRRIGATION; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

COMMUNICATION CAPABILITIES; EFFECTIVE SOLUTION; HETEROGENEOUS DATA; HETEROGENEOUS INFORMATION; LOW-COST SENSORS; MONITORING MECHANISMS; VIRTUAL ORGANIZATION; WIRELESS SENSOR;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 85026818533     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s17081775     Document Type: Article

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