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INDIGO : a generalized model and framework for performance prediction of data dissemination

Garg, Kamini ; Jazayeri, Mehdi (Dir.) ; Giordano, Silvia (Codir.)

Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2017 ; 2017INFO001.

According to recent studies, an enormous rise in location-based mobile services is expected in future. People are interested in getting and acting on the localized information retrieved from their vicinity like local events, shopping offers, local food, etc. These studies also suggested that local businesses intend to maximize the reach of their localized offers/advertisements by pushing them...

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Teaching networks how to learn : reinforcement learning for data dissemination in wireless sensor networks

Förster, Anna ; Murphy, Amy L. (Dir.)

Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2009 ; 2009INFO001.

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are a fast developing research area with many new exciting applications arising, ranging from micro climate and environmental monitoring through health and structural monitoring to interplanetary communications. At the same time researchers have invested a lot of time and effort into developing high performance energy efficient and reliable communication protocols...