This report addresses the design of distributed medium access control (MAC) protocols for wireless sensor networks under the performance measure of network lifetime. Integrated in the design of MAC schemes are two key physical layer parameters: the channel state and the residual energy of each sensor. The impact of incorporating these parameters in MAC design on network lifetime is studied. Fur...

Using the simplest of definitions, integrated weed management has been described as “putting components [of weed control] together, not taking them apart.” Yet, weed science has stopped at the “field edge” in assembling the components into a truly integrated approach. What is keeping weed scientists from developing real integrated weed control regardless of space and time? The answer to this qu...

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) has had a varied history, with different definitions. It has been implemented under an array of different connotations (Lewis et al., 1997). The term was earlier used as ‘‘integrated control’’ by Bartlett (Bartlett, 1956) and was further elaborated on by Stern and co-workers (Stern et al., 1959). In reference to the concept of integrating the use of bio‐ logical...

Management scripts are being used as the major means to realize the powerful concept of management by delegation. Many script delegation frameworks are proposed and experimented with for various network management standards, notably, the SNMP, OSI, and CORBA. More proposals and research are underway. The major problem with these scripting frameworks is that most of these frameworks are, in a se...

---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------Abstract — The aim of my paper is to automate the process of whole assembly plants by contributing for speeding up the production, qualitative and costefficient units. Interfacing IPMS with PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) the automobile manufacturing pl...

Most ecological management applications use wireless sensor networks (WSNs) to collect data regularly, with great temporal redundancy. As a result, significant amount of energy is used transmitting redundant data, making it tremendously problematic attain satisfactory network lifetime, which bottleneck in enduring such environmental monitoring applications. A two-vector prediction model that ba...

As integrated circuit fabrication processes continue to increase in complexity, it has been determined that data collection, retention, and retrieval rates will continue to increase at an alarming rate. At future technology nodes, the time required to source manufacturing problems must at least remain constant to maintain anticipated productivity. Strategies and software methods for integrated ...