Gossip Algorithms for Simultaneous Distributed Estimation and Classification in Sensor Networks

• Published in: IEEE journal of selected topics in signal processing Vol. 5; no. 4; pp. 691 - 706
• Main Authors: Chiuso, A., Fagnani, F., Schenato, L., Zampieri, S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.08.2011; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Algorithm design and analysis; Algorithms; Classification; Clustering algorithms; Distributed; estimation; Estimators; gossip; Mathematical models; maximum likelihood; Maximum likelihood estimation; Networks; Offsets; Protocols; ranking; Robustness; sensor networks; Sensors; Studies; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors

In this paper, we consider the problem of simultaneously classifying sensor types and estimating hidden parameters in a network of sensors subject to gossip-like communication. More precisely, we consider a network of noisy sensors which measure a common scalar unknown parameter. We assume that a fr...