An Open Distributed Architecture for Sensor Networks for Risk Management.docVIP

Sensors 2008, 8, 1755-1773 sensors ISSN 1424-8220 ? 2008 by MDPI /sensors Communication An Open Distributed Architecture for Sensor Networks for Risk Management John Douglas 1,*, Thomas Usl?nder 2, Gerald Schimak 3, J. Fernando Esteban 4 and Ralf Denzer 5 1 BRGM – ARN/RIS, 3 avenue C. Guillemin, BP 36009, 45060 ORLEANS Cedex 2, France. 2 Information Management, Fraunhofer IITB, Fraunhoferstra?e 1, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany; E-mail: Thomas.Uslaender@iitb.fraunhofer.de 3 Information Management, Austrian Research Centers GmbH - ARC, A-2444 Seibersdorf, Austria; E-mail: Gerald.Schimak@arcs.a