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Examining micro-payments for participatory sensing data collections

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Examining micro-payments for participatory sensing data collections
The rapid adoption of mobile devices that are able to capture and transmit a wide variety of sensing modalities (media and location) has enabled a new data collection paradigm - participatory sensing. Participatory sensing initiatives organize individuals to gather sensed information using mobile devices through cooperative data collection. A major factor in the success of these data collection projects is sustained, high quality participation. However, since data capture requires a time and energy commitment from individuals, incentives are often introduced to motivate participants. In this work, we investigate the use of micro-payments as an incentive model. We define a set of metrics that can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of incentives and report on findings from a pilot study using various micro-payment schemes in a university campus sustainability initiative. Author Keywords Participatory sensing, incentives, mobile sensing systems ACM Classification Keywords H.5.m Inform...
Sasank Reddy, Deborah Estrin, Mark H. Hansen, Mani
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Type Conference
Year 2010
Where HUC
Authors Sasank Reddy, Deborah Estrin, Mark H. Hansen, Mani B. Srivastava
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