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Impact of Incentive Mechanism in Participatory Sensing Environment

Authors:
Niwat Thepvilojanapong
Tomoya Tsujimori
Hao Wang
Yoshikatsu Ohta
Yunlong Zhao
Yoshito Tobe

Keywords: participatory sensing; incentive; utility functions; phone sensing; SenseUtil; simulation

Abstract:
Nowadays, the number of smartphone users is growing rapidly. Recent smartphones equipped with several sensors are convenient apps for collecting information in participatory sensing environment. However, contributing sensing data requires time and monetary cost, which hinder many people from participation. To realize active and efficient sensing activities, incentive mechanism is indispensable. This paper proposes SenseUtil, utility-based incentive for participatory sensing. SenseUtil applies the concept of micro economics, where demand and supply decide the value of sensed data. The incentive dynamically changes along the time according to several factors such as sensing frequency, nearby sensing points and users' preference. To study the impact of incentive mechanism, we conducted simulation study. The results show that people actively participate in sensing tasks while keeping additional cost fewer than three percent in comparison with non-incentive scenarios.

Pages: 87 to 92

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2013

Publication date: June 23, 2013

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3727

ISBN: 978-1-61208-282-0

Location: Rome, Italy

Dates: from June 23, 2013 to June 28, 2013