User study on the feasibility of incentive systems for smartphone-based DTNs in smart cities

Autor: Lars Wolf, Tim Ludtke, Klaus Reinprecht, Sebastian Schildt
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: WiMobCity@MobiHoc
DOI: 10.1145/2633661.2633662
Popis: The idea that devices in a distributed system share their resources is quite old. Recent research areas which continue to rely on this idea are opportunistic networks and participatory sensing. Substantial theoretical work regarding the design of incentive systems intended to encourage and sustain participation in such applications is available: While most of the existing work deals with technical implementations and the question how to make these systems fair and secure, not much thought has been given to the question what an acceptable and economically feasible incentive could be. In this work we implemented an incentive system for a smartphone-based Delay Tolerant Network (DTN) and performed a 1 month study where users tested and evaluated the system. We analysed the users' motives and the sustainability and feasibility of the examined incentive system.
Databáze: OpenAIRE