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An Overview and Classification of Approaches to Information Extraction in Wireless Sensor Networks

Authors:
Tariq Alsbouí
Mohammad Hammoudeh
Zuhair Bandar
Andy Nisbet

Keywords: Wireless Sensor Networks; Information Extraction; Event Driven; Time Driven; Query Based; Hybrid approaches

Abstract:
Recent advances in wireless communication have made it possible to develop low-cost, and low power sensor networks. The sensor network can be used for several application areas (e.g., habitat monitoring, forest fire detection, and health care). WSN Information Extraction (IE) techniques can be classified into four categories depending on the factors that drive data acquisition: event-driven, time-driven, query-based, and hybrid. This paper presents a survey of the state-of-the-art IE techniques in WSNs. The benefits and shortcomings of different IE approaches are presented as motivation for future work into automatic hybridisation and adaptation of IE mechanisms.

Pages: 255 to 260

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2011

Publication date: August 21, 2011

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4405

ISBN: 978-1-61208-144-1

Location: Nice/Saint Laurent du Var, France

Dates: from August 21, 2011 to August 27, 2011