An integrated intelligent decision support system based on sensor and computer networks
Qishi Wu, Mengxia Zhu, Nageswara S. V. Rao, Sitharama S. Iyengar, Richard R. Brooks, Min Meng · 2017
This chapter presents a general framework of IDSS-SC, an intelligent decision support system that integrates both sensing and computing subsystems. The structure of IDSS-SC is divided into three logical components: sensing field covered by wireless sensor networks, cyberspace based on computer networks, and command control center for intelligent decision making. The general framework of IDSS-SC we proposed integrates novel solutions in the aforementioned areas such as sensor deployment, data routing, network mapping, and information fusion for intelligent decision support. The application domains of IDSS-SC span from military operations, home-land and global security defense, to environment monitoring. One practical goal of sensor deployment in the design of distributed sensor systems is to achieve an optimal monitoring and surveillance of a target region. IDSS-SC aims at integrating the physical world and the cyberspace into a global self-organizing information space through the emerging sensor and computer science technologies.