Distributed computation with communication delay (distributed intelligent sensor networks) - Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on

In recent years there has been an increasing interest in distributed intelligent sensor networks [ 1121. This interest has been generated by the requirements of military surveillance systems and other civilian applications. An intelligent sensor network is a collection of units with sensing, computational, and communication ability. Thus one has a network of communicating processors with sensing capability. The processors’ function is to cooperatively monitor the environment and be able to ascertain its salient features. These intelligent sensors may be dedicated deployable units or may be resident on moving platforms.