Self-Organization in Sensor and Actor Networks (Hardcover)

Description

Self-Organization in Sensor and Actor Networks explores self-organization mechanisms and methodologies concerning the efficient coordination between intercommunicating autonomous systems.Self-organization is often referred to as the multitude of algorithms and methods that organise the global behaviour of a system based on inter-system communication. Studies of self-organization in natural systems first took off in the 1960s. In technology, such approaches have become a hot research topic over the last 4-5 years with emphasis upon management and control in communication networks, and especially in resource-constrained sensor and actor networks. In the area of ad hoc networks new solutions have been discovered that imitate the properties of self-organization. Some algorithms for on-demand communication and coordination, including data-centric networking, are well-known examples.

Key features include:

• Detailed treatment of self-organization, mobile sensor and actor networks, coordination between autonomous systems, and bio-inspired networking.

• Overview of the basic methodologies for self-organization, a comparison to central and hierarchical control, and classification of algorithms and techniques in sensor and actor networks.

• Explanation of medium access control, ad hoc routing, data-centric networking, synchronization, and task allocation issues.

• Introduction to swarm intelligence, artificial immune system, molecular information exchange.

• Numerous examples and application scenarios to illustrate the theory.

Self-Organization in Sensor and Actor Networks will prove essential reading for students of computer science and related fields; researchers working in the area of massively distributed systems, sensor networks, self-organization, and bio-inspired networking will also find this reference useful.
 

描述

《感測器和執行者網絡中的自組織》探討了關於自組織機制和方法論的問題，以實現相互通信的自治系統之間的有效協調。自組織通常指的是基於系統間通信的多種算法和方法，以組織系統的全局行為。對自然系統中的自組織研究首次在1960年代開始。在技術領域，這些方法在過去的4-5年中成為熱門研究話題，重點放在通信網絡中的管理和控制，特別是資源受限的感測器和執行者網絡。在自組織網絡領域，已經發現了一些模仿自組織特性的新解決方案。一些關於按需通信和協調的算法，包括數據中心網絡，都是眾所周知的例子。

主要特點包括：

- 對自組織、移動感測器和執行者網絡、自治系統之間的協調以及生物啟發網絡的詳細研究。
- 對自組織的基本方法論的概述，與中央和階層控制的比較，以及在感測器和執行者網絡中的算法和技術的分類。
- 對介質訪問控制、自組織路由、數據中心網絡、同步和任務分配問題的解釋。
- 對群體智能、人工免疫系統、分子信息交換的介紹。
- 大量的例子和應用場景，以說明理論。

《感測器和執行者網絡中的自組織》對計算機科學及相關領域的學生來說是必讀的；在大規模分佈式系統、感測器網絡、自組織和生物啟發網絡領域工作的研究人員也會發現這本參考書很有用。