Fast distributed detection, localization, and estimation of a diffusive target in wireless sensor networks

Fast response in resource constrained wireless sensor networks is desirable in many applications. To this end, we develop a fast distributed resource efficient algorithm to perform detection, localization, and estimation of a diffusive target. The algorithm is shown to have good performance in terms of both localization and estimation accuracies. An interesting feature of the proposed approach is that system level performance can be controlled by a local detection threshold.