<STRONG>Distributed Sensor Networks</STRONG> is the first book of its kind to examine solutions to this problem using ideas taken from the field of multiagent systems. The field of multiagent systems has
itself seen an exponential growth in the past decade, and has developed a variety of techniques for distributed resource allocation. <BR><STRONG>Distributed Sensor Networks</STRONG> contains contributions
from leading, international researchers describing a variety of approaches to this problem based on examples of implemented systems taken from a common distributed sensor network application; each approach is motivated,
demonstrated and tested by way of a common challenge problem. The book focuses on both practical systems and their theoretical analysis, and is divided into three parts: the first part describes the common sensor network
challenge problem; the second part explains the different technical approaches to the common challenge problem; and the third part provides results on the formal analysis of a number of approaches taken to address the
challenge problem.