There are many different fields in which wireless sensor networks (WSNs) can be used such
as environmental monitoring, healthcare, military, and security. Due to the vulnerability of …

Function dependence takes place in systems where the malfunction of certain trigger
component (s) causes other system components (referred to as dependent components) to …

Background: Through smart micro sensor devices networked via wireless links and the
Internet, wireless sensor networks offer unprecedented opportunities for diverse …

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) find application in various fields like environmental
monitoring, health-care, land security, and many more. To ease our day-to-day activity …

This paper considers phase-dependent probabilistic failure competitions in reliability
analysis of wireless sensor network (WSN) applications. Particularly, a WSN can experience …

In the recent decades computing systems have become ubiquitous in our daily life. Due to
wear and tear, limited component lifetime, and extraneous factors, among other reasons, all …

This paper identifies and models competitions between probabilistic isolation effect and
failure propagation effect in reliability analysis of relay-assisted wireless sensor networks …

Body sensor networks (BSNs) enable continuous monitoring of patients anywhere, with
minimum constraints to daily life activities. Although the IEEE 802.15. 4 and ZigBee®(ZigBee …

Body area wireless sensor networks (BAWSNs) are time-critical systems that rely on the
collective data of a group of sensor nodes. Reliable data received at the sink is based on the …

Abstract A mobile Wireless Sensor Network (mWSN) is composed of a large number of tiny,
inexpensive resource-constrained sensors scattered in the field of interest, with the sink …