The development of wireless sensor network ing, social networking, and wearable sensing techniques has advanced the boundaries of research on understanding so cial dynamics. Collaborative sensing, which utilizes diver...The development of wireless sensor network ing, social networking, and wearable sensing techniques has advanced the boundaries of research on understanding so cial dynamics. Collaborative sensing, which utilizes diver sity sensing and computing abilities across different entities, has become a popular sensing and computing paradigm. In this paper, we first review the history of research in col laborative sensing, which mainly refers to single space col laborative sensing that consists of physical, cyber, and so cial collaborative sensing. Afterward, we extend this concept into crossspace collaborative sensing and propose a general reference framework to demonstrate the distinct mechanism of crossspace collaborative sensing. We also review early works in crossspace collaborative sensing, and study the de tail mechanism based on one typical research work. Finally, although crossspace collaborative sensing is a promising re search area, it "is still in its infancy. Thus, we identify some key research challenges with potential technical details at the end of this paper.展开更多
文摘The development of wireless sensor network ing, social networking, and wearable sensing techniques has advanced the boundaries of research on understanding so cial dynamics. Collaborative sensing, which utilizes diver sity sensing and computing abilities across different entities, has become a popular sensing and computing paradigm. In this paper, we first review the history of research in col laborative sensing, which mainly refers to single space col laborative sensing that consists of physical, cyber, and so cial collaborative sensing. Afterward, we extend this concept into crossspace collaborative sensing and propose a general reference framework to demonstrate the distinct mechanism of crossspace collaborative sensing. We also review early works in crossspace collaborative sensing, and study the de tail mechanism based on one typical research work. Finally, although crossspace collaborative sensing is a promising re search area, it "is still in its infancy. Thus, we identify some key research challenges with potential technical details at the end of this paper.