TABLE OF CONTENTS Pramod K. Varshney and Chilukuri K. Mohan
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244
{varshney,ckmohan}@syr.edu
| Abstract | The monitoring and control of indoor environments has become an increasingly important concern, with multiple objectives including maximizing the comfort and minimizing health risks of occupants, in everyday operating conditions as well as emergency situations. The deployment of many networked sensors, equipped with reasoning and communicating abilities, can significantly contribute towards these objectives. This chapter discusses a framework for sensor networking in smart and safe buildings, and considers various issues relevant in the development of such networks and effective use of the information obtained by sensors in these networks. A hierarchical decision model is envisaged spanning multiple reasoning levels. Examples of control and response planning applications are discussed. |
| Keywords: | Sensor networks, built environments, monitoring, control, hierarchical reasoning, information fusion. |
[1]We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of our colleagues Biao Chen, Can Isik, Ez Khalifa, Kishan Mehrotra, Lisa Osadciw and Jensen Zhang to the work described in this paper.
There is a rapidly growing interest in both the theory and practical applications of pervasive sensor networks and computing. The vision is to instrument our living environment at various scales and for a variety of scenarios with a large number of sensors and actuators to monitor and control it in a manner so that it is customized for an individual or a group according to their preference. This vision can become a reality due to the tremendous advances made...
