Wireless Sensor Networks Technology and Its Application in Distributed Intelligent System

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue invites you to submit a paper that focuses on new approaches in the area of“Wireless Sensor Network Technology and Its Application in Distributed Intelligent Systems”.

In the era of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of things (IoT), wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are essential for improving the quality of life. WSNs generate, collect and exchange huge amounts of data for offering a new paradigm of superior services identified by being available everywhere, at any time, and to anyone. Rapid developments in communication, software, and hardware technologies have facilitated wireless sensors, actuators, and heterogeneous devices connected via wireless communication channels. Nevertheless, WSN systems can act only as ordinary information systems based on predefined rules without distributed intelligence. By contrast, adding AI capabilities to WSNs would  allow services to be provided according to users’ contexts and in real time. Combining AI with WSNs opens new horizons and unlimited technological potential.

The distributed, intelligent processing of data and the building of distributed intelligent systems that can execute autonomous decisions are keys to developing smart WSN applications and services. Complex distributed intelligent systems (DIS) have been widely used for information processing in modern society due to the rapid development of AI applications and the need for intelligent information processing solutions. The advancement in modern communication and computing technologies enables the new application of DIS over WSNs. DIS has applications in various areas, such as smart cities, mobile sensor networks, autonomous vehicles, digital twins, robotics, and intelligent transportation systems. However, for the design and implementation of DIS, there are challenges related to data collection, communication, and information processing due to resource constraints on wireless devices and unreliable communication channels. Therefore, it is important to understand these constraints and limits in order to deploy modern applications of DIS, as well as to evaluate DIS.

Both analytical and experimental investigations are important to research on“Wireless Sensor Network Technology and Its Application in Distributed Intelligent Systems”.This Special Issue aims to present a research venue to publish new development and scientific innovations for realizing complex DIS. Both theory-focused and application-driven studies are invited, particularly with good technical merit on wireless sensor networks and distributed intelligent systems.

Dr. M. Mustafa Rafique
Guest Editor

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