ABS-SmartComAgri: An Agent-Based Simulator of Smart Communication Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks for Debugging in Precision Agriculture
Smart communication protocols are becoming a key mechanism for improving communication performance in networks such as wireless sensor networks. However, the literature lacks mechanisms for simulating smart communication protocols in precision agriculture for decreasing production costs. In this con...
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| author | Iván García-Magariño Raquel Lacuesta Jaime Lloret |
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| description | Smart communication protocols are becoming a key mechanism for improving communication performance in networks such as wireless sensor networks. However, the literature lacks mechanisms for simulating smart communication protocols in precision agriculture for decreasing production costs. In this context, the current work presents an agent-based simulator of smart communication protocols for efficiently managing pesticides. The simulator considers the needs of electric power, crop health, percentage of alive bugs and pesticide consumption. The current approach is illustrated with three different communication protocols respectively called (a) broadcast, (b) neighbor and (c) low-cost neighbor. The low-cost neighbor protocol obtained a statistically-significant reduction in the need of electric power over the neighbor protocol, with a very large difference according to the common interpretations about the Cohen’s d effect size. The presented simulator is called ABS-SmartComAgri and is freely distributed as open-source from a public research data repository. It ensures the reproducibility of experiments and allows other researchers to extend the current approach. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f081b1b22fbc4a69abc126847ce4e8372022-12-22T04:22:49ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202018-03-0118499810.3390/s18040998s18040998ABS-SmartComAgri: An Agent-Based Simulator of Smart Communication Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks for Debugging in Precision AgricultureIván García-Magariño0Raquel Lacuesta1Jaime Lloret2Department of Computer Science and Engineering of Systems, University of Zaragoza, 44003 Teruel, SpainDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering of Systems, University of Zaragoza, 44003 Teruel, SpainIntegrated Management Coastal Research Institute, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 València, SpainSmart communication protocols are becoming a key mechanism for improving communication performance in networks such as wireless sensor networks. However, the literature lacks mechanisms for simulating smart communication protocols in precision agriculture for decreasing production costs. In this context, the current work presents an agent-based simulator of smart communication protocols for efficiently managing pesticides. The simulator considers the needs of electric power, crop health, percentage of alive bugs and pesticide consumption. The current approach is illustrated with three different communication protocols respectively called (a) broadcast, (b) neighbor and (c) low-cost neighbor. The low-cost neighbor protocol obtained a statistically-significant reduction in the need of electric power over the neighbor protocol, with a very large difference according to the common interpretations about the Cohen’s d effect size. The presented simulator is called ABS-SmartComAgri and is freely distributed as open-source from a public research data repository. It ensures the reproducibility of experiments and allows other researchers to extend the current approach.http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/4/998agent-based simulationsmart communication protocols, agent-based social simulationmulti-agent systemagent-oriented software engineeringagriculturesensor network |
| spellingShingle | Iván García-Magariño Raquel Lacuesta Jaime Lloret ABS-SmartComAgri: An Agent-Based Simulator of Smart Communication Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks for Debugging in Precision Agriculture Sensors agent-based simulation smart communication protocols, agent-based social simulation multi-agent system agent-oriented software engineering agriculture sensor network |
| title | ABS-SmartComAgri: An Agent-Based Simulator of Smart Communication Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks for Debugging in Precision Agriculture |
| title_full | ABS-SmartComAgri: An Agent-Based Simulator of Smart Communication Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks for Debugging in Precision Agriculture |
| title_fullStr | ABS-SmartComAgri: An Agent-Based Simulator of Smart Communication Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks for Debugging in Precision Agriculture |
| title_full_unstemmed | ABS-SmartComAgri: An Agent-Based Simulator of Smart Communication Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks for Debugging in Precision Agriculture |
| title_short | ABS-SmartComAgri: An Agent-Based Simulator of Smart Communication Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks for Debugging in Precision Agriculture |
| title_sort | abs smartcomagri an agent based simulator of smart communication protocols in wireless sensor networks for debugging in precision agriculture |
| topic | agent-based simulation smart communication protocols, agent-based social simulation multi-agent system agent-oriented software engineering agriculture sensor network |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/4/998 |
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