A measure for integration and its application to sensor networks

Jeffrey V. Nickerson, Stephan Olariu

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Abstract

Systems are often designed in order to integrate various subsystems. While system designers have a tacit understanding of what integration is, the concept is difficult to formalize. In this paper we propose a measure of integration. In the case of pairwise integration, we suggest a function of the time to communicate information, which is related to latency. Considering integration across many subsystems in a network, we describe a measure of overall network utility, a sum of an exponential function of pairwise time-to-communicate measurements. This allows a measure of the integration of already integrated subsystems; this function is also consistent at the limit with Metcalfe's law. We consider the application of this measure to the integration of sensor networks. We suggest how the idea might be applied to higher-level systems.

Original languageEnglish
Pages237-242
Number of pages6
StatePublished - 2005
Event15th Workshop on Information Technology and Systems, WITS 2005 - Las Vegas, NV, United States
Duration: 10 Dec 200511 Dec 2005

Conference

Conference15th Workshop on Information Technology and Systems, WITS 2005
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLas Vegas, NV
Period10/12/0511/12/05

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