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GECCO
2007
Springer
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A biologically inspired solution for an evolved simulated agent
Biologically inspired designs can improve the design of artificial agents. In this paper we explain and explore the role of directional light sensors from an Evolutionary Robotic...
Edgar Bermudez Contreras
GECCO
2007
Springer
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A novel generative encoding for exploiting neural network sensor and output geometry
A significant problem for evolving artificial neural networks is that the physical arrangement of sensors and effectors is invisible to the evolutionary algorithm. For example,...
David B. D'Ambrosio, Kenneth O. Stanley
EUSAI
2007
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
Portable Wireless Sensors for Object Usage Sensing in the Home: Challenges and Practicalities
A low-cost kit of stick-on wireless sensors that transmit data indicating whenever various objects are being touched or used might aid ubiquitous computing research efforts on rapi...
Emmanuel Munguia Tapia, Stephen S. Intille, Kent L...
DCOSS
2007
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
Localization for Anchoritic Sensor Networks
We introduce a class of anchoritic sensor networks, where communications between sensor nodes are undesirable or infeasible due to, e.g., harsh environments, energy constraints, or...
Yuliy M. Baryshnikov, Jian Tan
ALGOSENSORS
2007
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
Asynchronous Training in Wireless Sensor Networks
Scalable energy-efficient training protocols are proposed for massively-deployed sensor networks, where sensors are initially anonymous and unaware of their location. The protocol...
Ferruccio Barsi, Alan A. Bertossi, Francesco Betti...
LCN
2007
IEEE
14 years 6 months ago
From development in the laboratory to deployment in the home: Trouble and strife with sensor networks
—This paper examines the process of customizing Particle sensors for use in a home energy monitoring project. Our developments affected sensor hardware, sensor software and data ...
Eric Harris, R. Krishna, D. Chalmers, Geraldine Fi...
IROS
2007
IEEE
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3D forward sensor modeling and application to occupancy grid based sensor fusion
— This paper presents a new technique for the update of a probabilistic spatial occupancy grid map using a forward sensor model. Unlike currently popular inverse sensor models, f...
Kaustubh Pathak, Andreas Birk 0002, Jann Poppinga,...
INFOCOM
2007
IEEE
14 years 6 months ago
Randomized k-Coverage Algorithms For Dense Sensor Networks
— We propose new algorithms to achieve k-coverage in dense sensor networks. In such networks, covering sensor locations approximates covering the whole area. However, it has been...
Mohamed Hefeeda, M. Bagheri
INFOCOM
2007
IEEE
14 years 6 months ago
Insider Attacker Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks
— Though destructive to network functions, insider attackers are not detectable with only the classic cryptographybased techniques. Many mission-critic sensor network application...
Fang Liu, Xiuzhen Cheng, Dechang Chen
INFOCOM
2007
IEEE
14 years 6 months ago
Data Persistence in Large-Scale Sensor Networks with Decentralized Fountain Codes
Abstract—It may not be feasible for sensor networks monitoring nature and inaccessible geographical regions to include powered sinks with Internet connections. We consider the sc...
Yunfeng Lin, Ben Liang, Baochun Li