This paper deals with spatio-temporal field estimation with efficient sensor placement based on the QR decomposition. The proposed method also identifies the optimal number of sensors needed for field estimation that captures the most relevant featur...
Optimal sensor placement (OSP) is concerned with determining a configuration for a collection of sensors, including sensor type, number, and location, that yields the best evaluation according to a predefined measure of efficacy. Central to the OSP p...
In the field of structural health monitoring systems, sensors serve as the fundamental components for assessing infrastructure integrity. The rationality of their spatial configuration significantly influences the precision of structural performance...
This research delves into the aspects of communication and connectivity problems within random Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). It takes into account the distinctive role of the sink node, its placement, and application-specific requirements for effe...
Inspired by sensor coverage density and matching & preserving strategy, this paper proposes an Improved Artificial Bee Colony (IABC) algorithm which is designed to optimize bridge sensor placement. We use dynamic random coverage coding method to...
This study presents a methodology for determining the optimal placement of sensors along the height of buildings to minimize uncertainty in reconstructing structural response at non-instrumented floors. Recent advancements in sensing technology have...
The placement of sensors in an environment can significantly impact the sensing performance of a sensor fusion system. In this paper, the placement of cameras and radars is optimized based on the log determinant of the fused measurement noise of the...
The Kinect v2 sensor may be a cheap and easy to use sensor to quantify gait in clinical settings, especially when applied in set-ups integrating multiple Kinect sensors to increase the measurement volume. Reliable estimates of foot placement location...
Optimal sensor placement is one of the important issues in monitoring the condition of structures, which has a major influence on monitoring system performance and cost. Due to this, it is still an open problem to find a compromise between these two...
Modal testing is a common step in aerostructure design, serving to validate the predicted natural frequencies and mode shapes obtained through computational methods. The strategic placement of sensors during testing is crucial for accurately measurin...
The multi-sensor artificial lateral line system (ALLS) can identify the flow-field’s parameters to realize the closed-loop control of the underwater robotic fish. An inappropriate sensor placement of ALLS may result in inaccurate flow-field parametri...
Sensor placement is an important factor that may significantly affect the localization performance of a sensor network. This paper investigates the sensor placement optimization problem in three-dimensional (3D) space for angle of arrival (AOA) targe...
As automatic dependent surveillance–broadcast (ADS-B) becomes more prevalent, the placement of on-ground sensors is vital for Air Traffic Control (ATC) to control the airspace. However, the current sensors are placed in an unstructured way that...
In alpine skiing, accurate and real-time estimation of body pose and inclinations due to turning is critical as it demonstrates the skier’s turning behavior and abilities. Although inertial measurement units (IMUs) ease measuring kinematics in...
Node placement is one of the basic problems in a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN). During the operation of a WSN, sensor nodes may fail or die suddenly, which may lead to a coverage hole. To solve this problem, the node placement needs to be re-optimize...
Optimal sensor placement is a crucial issue in scientific and engineering research. This study proposes an autoencoder-based deep learning framework for automated optimal sensor layout and flow field reconstruction. A dataset is established based on...
Smart parking is a typical IoT application that can benefit from advances in sensor, actuator and RFID technologies to provide many services to its users and parking owners of a smart city. This paper considers a smart parking infrastructure where se...
This research addresses the sensor placement optimization problem (SPOP) in the industrial sector, aiming to enhance operational efficiency and safety through the strategic deployment of sensors. The focus is on optimizing the locations of thermal ca...
This study presents a methodology for determining the optimal placement of seismic sensors along the height of buildings to minimize the uncertainty in reconstructing structural responses at non-instrumented floors. Due to the extensive benefits of i...
This work proposes an analysis of the active monitoring method for rupture detection. The analysis regards the effect of sensor sensibility on the effectiveness of the localization method. This paper approaches the problem in two steps: the first ste...
This article investigates sensor placement strategies for 3-D time-of-arrival (TOA)-based target localization in underwater acoustic sensor networks (UASNs). To prevent the overestimation of localization performance common in idealized marine models,...
The leakage of hazardous chemical gases in chemical plants can lead to severe consequences. Source term estimation (STE) algorithms are effective in locating the leak source. The layout of the sensor network significantly affects the performance of t...
Water network protection from accidental and intentional contamination is one of the most critical issues for preserving the citizen health. Recently, some techniques have been proposed in the literature to define the optimal sensor placement. On the...
To determine the geographical positions of sensors, numerous localization algorithms have been proposed in recent years. The positions of sensors are inferred from the connectivity between sensors and a set of nodes called anchors which know their pr...
The paper presents a method for selecting the locations of field sensors under a medium- or high-voltage line or substation busbars, in a contactless voltage measurement system. The proposed method uses the condition number of a distance matrix, corr...
Conduit bursts or leakages present an ongoing problem for hydraulic fluid transport grids, such as oil or water conduit networks. Better monitoring allows for easier identification of burst sites and faster response strategies but heavily relies on s...
In food processing, temperature is a key parameter affecting product quality and energy consumption. The efficiency of temperature control depends on the data provided by sensors installed in the production device. In the wine industry, temperature s...
Sensor placement identification in body sensor networks is an important feature, which could render such a system more robust, transparent to the user, and easy to wear for long term data collection. It can be considered an active measure to avoid th...
With the advancement of sensor technology, distributed processing technology, and wireless communication, Visual Sensor Networks (VSNs) are widely used. However, VSNs also have flaws such as poor data synchronization, limited node resources, and comp...
In this paper, a sensor placement approach to improve the leak location in waterdistribution networks is proposed when the leak signature space (LSS) method is used.The sensor placement problem is formulated as an integer optimization problem where t...
While the analysis of gait and balance can be an important indicator of age- or disease-related changes, it remains unclear if repeated performance of gait and balance tests in healthy adults leads to habituation effects, if short-term gait and balan...
Good prediction of the behavior of wind around buildings improves designs for natural ventilation in warm climates. However wind modeling is complex, predictions are often inaccurate due to the large uncertainties in parameter values. The goal of thi...
As ageing structures and infrastructures become a global concern, structural health monitoring (SHM) is seen as a crucial tool for their cost-effective maintenance. Promising results obtained for modern and conventional constructions suggested the ap...
Faults and anomalies in buildings are among the main causes of building energy waste and occupant discomfort. An effective automatic fault detection and diagnosis (FDD) process in buildings can therefore save a significant amount of energy and improv...
This paper presents a method for optimal pressure sensor placement in water distribution networks using information theory. The criterion for selecting the network nodes where to place the pressure sensors was that they provide the most useful inform...
The sensor placement problem is modeled as a multi-objective optimization problem with Boolean decision variables. A new multi objective evolutionary algorithm (MOEA) is proposed for approximating and analyzing the set of Pareto optimal solutions. Th...
Sensors are a key component of water distribution networks due to their role in monitoring system variables. Specifically, water quality (WQ) sensors are utilized to measure chlorine concentrations in order to maintain water quality standards. Howeve...
An effective sensor network strategy is fundamental to structural health monitoring (SHM). Optimal sensor placement (OSP) for transmission towers remains insufficiently studied, primarily owing to the extensive number of candidate nodes and the compl...
Although commercial motion-capture systems have been widely used in various applications, the complex setup limits their application scenarios for ordinary consumers. To overcome the drawbacks of wearability, human posture reconstruction based on a f...
This study presents a comprehensive approach for single sensor placement optimization in two-dimensional and three-dimensional spaces. A traditional exhaustive search technique and a novel method called recursive exhaustive search are used to place a...
This paper addresses the application of six different optimal sensor placement (OSP) techniques in buildings. These techniques are the EFfective Independence (EFI), Optimal Driving Point (ODP), Non-Optimal Driving Point (NODP), Effective Independence...
Reducing pollutant detection time based on a reasonable sensor combination is desirable. Clean drinking water is essential to life. However, the water supply network (WSN) is a vulnerable target for accidental or intentional contamination due to its...
Structural Health Monitoring relies on accurate modal identification and effective damage detection to assess structural performance and safety. However, traditional sensor placement methods struggle to balance modal identification uncertainty, which...
Within the Space@Sea project floating offshore islands, designed as an assembly of platforms, are used to create space in offshore environments. Offshore structures are exposed to harsh environment conditions. High wind speeds, heavy rainfall, ice an...
We are proposing an adaptation of the gradient descent method to optimize the position and orientation of sensors for the sensor placement problem. The novelty of the proposed method lies in the combination of gradient descent optimization with a rea...
A well-performing data-driven sparse sensor deployment strategy is critical for marine monitoring systems, as it enables the optimal reconstruction of marine physical quantities with fewer sensors. However, ocean data typically contain substantial am...
Urban water distribution systems (WDSs) face increasing threats from accidental or intentional contaminant intrusion events. While contamination warning systems using water quality sensors enable early detection and rapid response to contamination ev...
In recent decades, structural health monitoring (SHM) has gained increased importance for ensuring the sustainability and serviceability of large and complex structures. To design an SHM system that delivers optimal monitoring outcomes, engineers mus...
We consider the base station placement problem for wireless sensor networks with successive interference cancellation (SIC) to improve throughput. We build a mathematical model for SIC. Although this model cannot be solved directly, it enables us to...
Pressure sensor placement is critical to system safety and operation optimization of water supply networks (WSNs). The majority of existing studies focuses on sensitivity or burst identification ability of monitoring systems based on certain specific...
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