Utility-based decision-making in wireless sensor networks

— We consider challenges associated with application domains in which a large number of distributed, networked sensors must perform a sensing task repeatedly over time. We address issues such as resource constraints, utility associated with a sensing task, and achieving global objectives with only local information. We present a model for such applications, in which we define appropriate global objectives based on utility functions and specify a cost model for energy consumption. In the full version of this paper, we present algorithms and experimental results for this problem domain [2].

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2000
• Where: MOBIHOC
• Authors: John W. Byers, Gabriel Nasser
• Keywords: Appropriate Global Objectives, Computer Networks, Global Objectives, MOBIHOC 2000, Sensing Task