On Scheduling Sensor Networks

摘要

wer: Sensor nodes may be constrained by limited memory and limited processing due to power constraints as well as practical issues such as price and feasibility of deployment. Significant potential applications of this work include environmental monitoring, military deployments, biomedicine, and robotic explorations. For example, a sensor network deployed as an early warning system against forest fires may track changes in temperature gradients both spatially and in magnitude. A network of vibration sensors might track the movement of enemy troops and tanks on a battlefield. A network of mobile robots might explore Mars in search of a suitable region to build an encampment. In some of these applications, the sensor network may be con- Copyright c # 2002, American Association for Artificial Intelligence (www.aaai.org). All rights reserved. nected to a general communications network for additional processing, tasking, or delivery. In general, the control, management or exploration o