The Internet of Things (IoT) aims to transform the human society toward becoming intelligent,
convenient, and efficient with potentially enormous economic and environmental benefits …

Background: Through smart micro sensor devices networked via wireless links and the
Internet, wireless sensor networks offer unprecedented opportunities for diverse …

Abstract The Internet of Things (IoT) is a promising networking paradigm which immerses
objects (cell phones, goods, watches, sensing motes, TVs, etc.) in a worldwide connection …

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are increasingly being adopted in critical applications. In
these networks undesired events may undermine the reliability level; thus their effects need …

Abstract We consider Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks (HWSNs) with malware
diffusion and find a solution to assess their dependability in order to guarantee dependable …

Network reliability of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) is difficult to be evaluated because
of its complexity, multistates, and dynamic characteristics. To satisfy the user's need of …

Wireless sensor networks have been considered as an effective solution to a wide range of
applications due to their prominent characteristics concerning information retrieving and …

The use of average data for dependability assessments results in an outdated system-level
dependability estimation, which can lead to incorrect design decisions. With increasing …

The design of software for networked systems with nodes running an Internet of things
operating system faces important challenges due to the heterogeneity of interacting things …

In the direction of keeping up longer life time of network, there is a limitation on the life-span
of Wireless Sensor Network. In numerous applications, data to be sensed should be …