The Internet of Things (IoT) is becoming a pervasive technology entangled in everyday life.
The objective of IoT is to provide ubiquitous access to numerous devices and machines on …

Smart Cities evolve into complex and pervasive urban environments with a citizens'
mandate to meet sustainable development goals. Repositioning democratic values of …

The ubiquity of the Internet and the widespread proliferation of electronic devices has
resulted in flourishing microtask crowdsourcing marketplaces, such as Amazon MTurk. An …

Nowadays, crowd sensing becomes increasingly more popular due to the ubiquitous usage
of mobile devices. However, the quality of such human-generated sensory data varies …

Limited battery capacity has been the main bottleneck for smartphones. Users are required
to charge their smartphones frequently to keep them alive. Access to a charging facility …

Accurate positioning in urban areas is important for personal navigation, geolocation apps,
and ride-sharing. Smartphones localize themselves using GPS position estimates, and …

Participatory sensing is gaining popularity as a method for collecting and sharing
information from distributed local environments using sensor-rich mobile devices. There are …

In mobile crowdsourcing (MCS), the platform selects participants to complete location-aware
tasks from the recruiters aiming to achieve multiple goals (eg, profit maximization, energy …

With the proliferation of mobile devices having BLE capability and the introduction of Beacon
technology, crowdsourcing-based approaches have recently emerged as a promising …

Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) is a wireless protocol optimized for low-power communication.
To design energy-efficient devices, the protocol provides a number of parameters that need …