Ontological Problem-Solving Framework for Dynamically Configuring Sensor Systems and Algorithms 英文参考文献.docVIP

Sensors 2011, 11, 3177-3204; doi:10.3390/s110303177 OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article Ontological Problem-Solving Framework for Dynamically Configuring Sensor Systems and Algorithms Joseph Qualls 1,* and David J. Russomanno 2 1 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Herff College of Engineering, University of Memphis, 3720 Alumni Avenue, Memphis, TN 38152, USA 2 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), 799 W. Michigan St., Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; E-Mail: drussoma@ * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: jqualls@; Tel.: +1-901-490-3717. Received: 7 January 2011; in revised form: 4 February 2011 / Accepted: 11 March 2011 / Published: 15 March 2011 Abstract: The deployment of ubiquitous sensor systems and algorithms has led to many challenges, such as matching sensor systems to compatible algorithms which are capable of satisfying a task. Compounding the challenges is the lack of the requisite knowledge models needed to discover sensors and algorithms and to subsequently integrate their capabilities to satisfy a specific task. A novel ontological problem-solving framework has been designed to match sensors to compatible algorithms to form synthesized systems, which are capable of satisfying a task and then assigning the synthesized systems to high-level missions. The approach designed for the ontological problem-solving framework has been instantiated in the context of a persistence surveillance prototype environment, which includes profiling sensor systems and algorithms to demonstrate proof-of-concept principles. Even though the problem-solving approach was instantiated with profiling sensor systems and algorithms, the ontological framework may be useful with other heterogeneous sensing-s