Ebook: Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems: Second IEEE International Conference, DCOSS 2006, San Francisco, CA, USA, June 18-20, 2006. Proceedings

The book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems, DCOSS 2006, held in San Francisco, California, USA in June 2006.

The 33 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 87 submissions. The papers focus on distributed computing issues in large-scale networked sensor systems, including systematic design techniques and tools; they cover topics such as distributed algorithms and applications, programming support and middleware, data aggregation and dissemination, security, information fusion, lifetime maximization, and localization.

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems, DCOSS 2006, held in San Francisco, California, USA in June 2006.

The 33 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 87 submissions. The papers focus on distributed computing issues in large-scale networked sensor systems, including systematic design techniques and tools; they cover topics such as distributed algorithms and applications, programming support and middleware, data aggregation and dissemination, security, information fusion, lifetime maximization, and localization.

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems, DCOSS 2006, held in San Francisco, California, USA in June 2006.

The 33 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 87 submissions. The papers focus on distributed computing issues in large-scale networked sensor systems, including systematic design techniques and tools; they cover topics such as distributed algorithms and applications, programming support and middleware, data aggregation and dissemination, security, information fusion, lifetime maximization, and localization.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages -
Evaluating Local Contributions to Global Performance in Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks....Pages 1-16
Roadmap Query for Sensor Network Assisted Navigation in Dynamic Environments....Pages 17-36
Stabilizing Consensus in Mobile Networks....Pages 37-50
When Birds Die: Making Population Protocols Fault-Tolerant....Pages 51-66
Stochastically Consistent Caching and Dynamic Duty Cycling for Erratic Sensor Sources....Pages 67-84
Distributed Model-Free Stochastic Optimization in Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 85-100
Agimone: Middleware Support for Seamless Integration of Sensor and IP Networks....Pages 101-118
The Virtual Pheromone Communication Primitive....Pages 119-134
Logical Neighborhoods: A Programming Abstraction for Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 135-149
Y-Threads: Supporting Concurrency in Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 150-168
Comparative Analysis of Push-Pull Query Strategies for Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 169-184
Using Data Aggregation to Prevent Traffic Analysis in Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 185-201
Efficient and Robust Data Dissemination Using Limited Extra Network Knowledge....Pages 202-217
Distance-Sensitive Information Brokerage in Sensor Networks....Pages 218-233
Efficient In-Network Processing Through Local Ad-Hoc Information Coalescence....Pages 234-251
Distributed Optimal Estimation from Relative Measurements for Localization and Time Synchronization....Pages 252-265
GIST: Group-Independent Spanning Tree for Data Aggregation in Dense Sensor Networks....Pages 266-281
Distributed User Access Control in Sensor Networks....Pages 282-304
Locating Compromised Sensor Nodes Through Incremental Hashing Authentication....Pages 305-320
COTA: A Robust Multi-hop Localization Scheme in Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 321-337
Contour Approximation in Sensor Networks....Pages 338-355
A Distortion-Aware Scheduling Approach for Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 356-371
Optimal Placement and Selection of Camera Network Nodes for Target Localization....Pages 372-388
An Optimal Data Propagation Algorithm for Maximizing the Lifespan of Sensor Networks....Pages 389-404
Lifetime Maximization of Sensor Networks Under Connectivity and k-Coverage Constraints....Pages 405-421
Network Power Scheduling for TinyOS Applications....Pages 422-442
Approximation Algorithms for Power-Aware Scheduling of Wireless Sensor Networks with Rate and Duty-Cycle Constraints....Pages 443-462
MobiRoute: Routing Towards a Mobile Sink for Improving Lifetime in Sensor Networks....Pages 463-479
SenCar: An Energy Efficient Data Gathering Mechanism for Large Scale Multihop Sensor Networks....Pages 480-497
A Distributed Linear Least Squares Method for Precise Localization with Low Complexity in Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 498-513
Consistency-Based On-line Localization in Sensor Networks....Pages 514-528
The Robustness of Localization Algorithms to Signal Strength Attacks: A Comparative Study....Pages 529-545
Back Matter....Pages 546-563
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