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  1. Electrical Engineering Department, UCLA, 56-125B Engineering IV Building, Box 951594, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1594, USA

    W.J. Kaiser, G.J. Pottie & J. Villasenor

  2. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, 511 Cory Hall #1770, Berkeley, CA, 94720-1770, USA

    M. Srivastava

  3. Computer Science (MC 0781), University of Southern California, 941 W. 37th Place, Los Angeles, CA, 90089-0781, USA

    G.S. Sukhatme

  4. Computer Science Department, UCLA, 3531H Boelter Hall, Box 951596, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1596, USA

    D. Estrin

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Kaiser, W., Pottie, G., Srivastava, M., Sukhatme, G., Villasenor, J., Estrin, D. (2005). Networked Infomechanical Systems (NIMS) for Ambient Intelligence. In: Weber, W., Rabaey, J.M., Aarts, E. (eds) Ambient Intelligence. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27139-2_6

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