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This paper describes a new stream-based sensor networks programming approach - language + middleware. Since many data processing aspects of sensor networks can be expressed intuitively as streams, commands and events, we apply such constructs to program individual nodes. Arbitrarily defined groups of nodes can be programmed with the same language and as a single program. We show that the language is indeed able to express different intentions – we are able to configure flexibly how the sensor network will process data and how data will flow; that it is able to generate efficient code with small memory footprints; and that it provides easy integration with platform code.
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Furtado, P. (2012). Middleware and Language for Sensor Streams. In: Liddle, S.W., Schewe, KD., Tjoa, A.M., Zhou, X. (eds) Database and Expert Systems Applications. DEXA 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7447. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32597-7_19
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