Participatory sensing is the concept of communities (or other groups of people) contributing sensory information to form a body of knowledge. [1]
A growth in mobile devices, for example smartphones, tablet computers or activity trackers, which have multiple sensors, has made participatory sensing viable in the large-scale. Participatory sensing can be used to retrieve information about the environment, weather, noise pollution, [2] urban mobility, [3] congestion as well as any other sensory information that collectively forms knowledge.
Such open communication systems could pose challenges to the veracity of transmitted information. Individual sensors may require a trusted platform [4] or hierarchical trust structures. [5]
Additional challenges include, but are not limited to, effective incentives for participation, [6] security, [7] reputation [8] and privacy. [9]
Participatory sensing is the concept of communities (or other groups of people) contributing sensory information to form a body of knowledge. [1]
A growth in mobile devices, for example smartphones, tablet computers or activity trackers, which have multiple sensors, has made participatory sensing viable in the large-scale. Participatory sensing can be used to retrieve information about the environment, weather, noise pollution, [2] urban mobility, [3] congestion as well as any other sensory information that collectively forms knowledge.
Such open communication systems could pose challenges to the veracity of transmitted information. Individual sensors may require a trusted platform [4] or hierarchical trust structures. [5]
Additional challenges include, but are not limited to, effective incentives for participation, [6] security, [7] reputation [8] and privacy. [9]