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title: "An Energy-Efficient, Multi-Agent Sensor Network for Detecting Diffuse Events"
authors:
  - "Rónán Mac Ruairi"
  - "Mark T. Keane"
doi: ""
url: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/2007/224"
pdf: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/2007/0224.pdf"
venue: "Proceedings of the Twentieth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence"
year: 2007
pages: "1390-1394"
track: ""
keywords:
---

# An Energy-Efficient, Multi-Agent Sensor Network for Detecting Diffuse Events

Rónán Mac Ruairi, Mark T. Keane

*Proceedings of the Twentieth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence*, pages 1390-1394.

## Abstract

Monitoring a diffuse event with a wireless sensor network differs from well studied applications such as target tracking and habitat monitoring and therefore we suggest that new approaches are needed. In this paper we propose a novel low power technique based on a multiple agent framework. We show how a set of simple rules can produce complex behavior that encompasses event characterization and data routing. We demonstrate the approach and examine its accuracy and scalability using a simulated gaseous plume monitoring scenario.