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Efficiently retrieving relevant data from massive Internet of Things (IoT) networks is essential for downstream tasks such as machine learning. This paper addresses this challenge by proposing a novel data sourcing protocol that combines…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-12 Anders E. Kalør , Petar Popovski , Kaibin Huang

High fidelity estimation algorithms for robotics require accurate data. However, timestamping of sensor data is a key issue that rarely receives the attention it deserves. Inaccurate timestamping can be compensated for in post-processing…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-09 Morten Nissov , Nikhil Khedekar , Kostas Alexis

Understanding how the optimal value of an optimisation problem changes when its input data is modified is an old question in mathematical optimisation. This paper investigates the computation of the optimal values of a family of (possibly…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-02 Guillaume Derval , Damien Ernst , Quentin Louveaux , Bardhyl Miftari

The present paper proposes a data-driven sensor selection method for a high-dimensional nondynamical system with strongly correlated measurement noise. The proposed method is based on proximal optimization and determines sensor locations by…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-29 Takayuki Nagata , Keigo Yamada , Taku Nonomura , Kumi Nakai , Yuji Saito , Shunsuke Ono

Sensor scheduling is a well studied problem in signal processing and control with numerous applications. Despite its successful history, most of the related literature assumes the knowledge of the underlying probabilistic model of the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-12-06 Marcos M. Vasconcelos , Urbashi Mitra

This work considers the problem of detecting signals from multiple sequentially observed data streams, where only one stream can be observed at every time instant. The goal is to detect signals as quickly as possible while controlling the…

Methodology · Statistics 2026-04-07 Yiming Xing , Georgios Fellouris

Compressive Sensing, as an emerging technique in signal processing is reviewed in this paper together with its common applications. As an alternative to the traditional signal sampling, Compressive Sensing allows a new acquisition strategy…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-05-16 Andjela Draganic , Irena Orovic , Srdjan Stankovic

Energy efficiency is a key requirement in the design of wireless sensor networks. While most theoretical studies only account for the energy requirements of communication, the sensing process, which includes measurements and compression,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-05-23 Xi Liu , Osvaldo Simeone , Elza Erkip

The tie-line scheduling problem in a multi-area power system seeks to optimize tie-line power flows across areas that are independently operated by different system operators (SOs). In this paper, we leverage the theory of multi-parametric…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-10-09 Ye Guo , Subhonmesh Bose , Lang Tong

The construction of highly incoherent frames, sequences of vectors placed on the unit hyper sphere of a finite dimensional Hilbert space with low correlation between them, has proven very difficult. Algorithms proposed in the past have…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-28 Cristian Rusu , Nuria González-Prelcic

For interior-point algorithms in linear programming, it is well-known that the selection of the centering parameter is crucial for proving polynomility in theory and for efficiency in practice. However, the selection of the centering…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-10-05 Yaguang Yang

In the first part of the series papers, we set out to answer the following question: given specific restrictions on a set of samplers, what kind of signal can be uniquely represented by the corresponding samples attained, as the foundation…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-08-25 Hanshen Xiao , Yaowen Zhang , Guoqiang Xiao

Accurate network topology information is critical for secure operation of smart power distribution systems. Line outages can change the operational topology of a distribution network. As a result, topology identification by detecting…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-20 Ananth Narayan Samudrala , Hadi Amini M. , Soummya Kar , Rick Blum

In this paper, we design an optimal sensor collaboration strategy among neighboring nodes while tracking a time-varying parameter using wireless sensor networks in the presence of imperfect communication channels. The sensor network is…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-07-04 Shan Zhang , Sijia Liu , Vinod Sharma , Pramod K. Varshney

The number and arrangement of sensors on mobile robot dramatically influence its perception capabilities. Ensuring that sensors are mounted in a manner that enables accurate detection, localization, and mapping is essential for the success…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-25 Pushyami Kaveti , Matthew Giamou , Hanumant Singh , David M. Rosen

Successful deployment of cognitive radios requires efficient sensing of the spectrum and dynamic adaptation of the available resources according to the sensed (imperfect) information. While most works design these two tasks separately, in…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2012-11-06 Luis M. Lopez-Ramos , Antonio G. Marques , Javier Ramos

In this paper, we aim to design the optimal sensor collaboration strategy for the estimation of time-varying parameters, where collaboration refers to the act of sharing measurements with neighboring sensors prior to transmission to a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-23 Sijia Liu , Swarnendu Kar , Makan Fardad , Pramod K. Varshney

We formulate selecting the best optimizing system (SBOS) problems and provide solutions for those problems. In an SBOS problem, a finite number of systems are contenders. Inside each system, a continuous decision variable affects the…

Methodology · Statistics 2025-11-04 Nian Si , Yifu Tang , Zeyu Zheng

The paper presents a distributed algorithm, called Prediction-based Opportunistic Sensing for Resilient and Efficient Sensor Networks (POSE.R), where the sensor nodes utilize predictions of the targets positions to probabilistically control…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-28 James Z. Hare , Junnan Song , Shalabh Gupta , Thomas A. Wettergren

We present a novel approach for the problem of frequency estimation in data streams that is based on optimization and machine learning. Contrary to state-of-the-art streaming frequency estimation algorithms, which heavily rely on random…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-07-19 Dimitris Bertsimas , Vassilis Digalakis