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Sensor Web Deployment Using Informed Virtual Geographic Environments

Authors:
Mehdi Mekni

Keywords: Informed Virtual Geographic Environments; Sensor Web; Geographic Deployment; Multi-Agent Geo-Simulation

Abstract:
In this paper, we propose a knowledge-based approach to support Sensor Web (SW) deployments in Informed Virtual Geographic Environments (IVGE) using multi-agent geo-simulation techniques. Sensor webs can be thought of as distributed network systems composed of hundreds of nodes deployed in geographic environments for in-situ sensing and data acquisition purposes. The deployment of sensor webs is by nature a spatial problem since nodes are highly constrained by the geographic characteristics of their environment. Therefore, there is a need for an efficient modelling paradigm to address the issue of SW deployment while taking into consideration the constraints of the geographic space and knowledge it provides to support their autonomous decision making capabilities. The proposed approach builds on top of our previous works on Informed Virtual Geographic Environments. It also relies on well-established theories on spatially reasoning agents and on qualitative reasoning about geo-simulation results. The applicability of our approach is illustrated using a scenario of a sensor web deployment for weather monitoring purposes.

Pages: 224 to 231

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2013

Publication date: July 21, 2013

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4529

ISBN: 978-1-61208-283-7

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from July 21, 2013 to July 26, 2013