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Copyright © 2018 Alfonso González-Briones et al. This work is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.

Abstract

This paper presents the design and development of an innovative multiagent system based on virtual organizations. The multiagent system manages information from wireless sensor networks for knowledge discovery and decision making in rural environments. The multiagent system has been built over the cloud computing paradigm to provide better flexibility and higher scalability for handling both small- and large-scale projects. The development of wireless sensor network technology has allowed for its extension and application to the rural environment, where the lives of the people interacting with the environment can be improved. The use of “smart” technologies can also improve the efficiency and effectiveness of rural systems. The proposed multiagent system allows us to analyse data collected by sensors for decision making in activities carried out in a rural setting, thus, guaranteeing the best performance in the ecosystem. Since water is a scarce natural resource that should not be wasted, a case study was conducted in an agricultural environment to test the proposed system’s performance in optimizing the irrigation system in corn crops. The architecture collects information about the terrain and the climatic conditions through a wireless sensor network deployed in the crops. This way, the architecture can learn about the needs of the crop and make efficient irrigation decisions. The obtained results are very promising when compared to a traditional automatic irrigation system.

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Title
A Framework for Knowledge Discovery from Wireless Sensor Networks in Rural Environments: A Crop Irrigation Systems Case Study
Author
González-Briones, Alfonso 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Castellanos-Garzón, José A 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Yeray Mezquita Martín 1 ; Prieto, Javier 1 ; Corchado, Juan M 3 

 University of Salamanca, BISITE Digital Innovation Hub, Edificio Multiusos I+D+I, 37007 Salamanca, Spain 
 University of Salamanca, BISITE Digital Innovation Hub, Edificio Multiusos I+D+I, 37007 Salamanca, Spain; University of Coimbra, CISUC, ECOS Research Group, Pólo II-Pinhal de Marrocos, 3030-290 Coimbra, Portugal 
 University of Salamanca, BISITE Digital Innovation Hub, Edificio Multiusos I+D+I, 37007 Salamanca, Spain; Osaka Institute of Technology, Japan; Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Malaysia 
Editor
Carlo Giannelli
Publication year
2018
Publication date
2018
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
e-ISSN
15308677
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2407630287
Copyright
Copyright © 2018 Alfonso González-Briones et al. This work is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.