Title
On Optimal Coverage with Unreliable Sensors
Abstract
This paper regards the problem of placing unreliable sensors in a given one-dimensional environment, in such a way to optimize a given coverage cost. We specifically consider the disk-coverage cost, whose optimal solution for reliable sensors is simply an equally-spaced configuration of the sensors. If we allow that the sensors may fail to take or communicate their measurements, this solution may instead not be optimal. However, as the number of sensors grows to infinity, the ratio between the cost of equally-spaced configurations and the optimal failure-free cost only grows as the logarithm of the number of sensors. We interpret this result as a confirmation of the intrinsic robustness of sensor networks.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.3182/20130925-2-DE-4044.00015
IFAC Proceedings Volumes
Keywords
Field
DocType
Sensor networks, coverage optimization, unreliable sensors, sensor placement
Algorithm,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
46
27
1474-6670
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.36
8
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Paolo Frasca140835.99
Federica Garin25511.52
Balazs Gerencser3307.69
Julien M. Hendrickx477277.11