by Magdi S. Mahmoud
The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2012
eISBN: 978-1-84919-608-6 | Cloth: 978-1-84919-607-9
Library of Congress Classification TJ213.M346 2013

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ABOUT THIS BOOK
In recent years technological advancements in the design and fabrication of integrated circuits have led to the development of cost effective, low power, thumb-size devices that can be used for sensing/actuating, communication and computing. This trend is enabling a surge of new applications for which pervasive network architectures are being developed. A key feature of these systems is that they are decentralized and communication among different subsystems may be unreliable. From an engineering viewpoint, to ensure correct operation, the theoretical analysis requires a fundamental paradigm shift, as many of the typical assumptions of systems and control theory cease to hold.