?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Improved+Distributed+Estimation+Method+for+Environmental%0D%0Atime-variant+Physical+variables+in+Static+Sensor+Networks&rft.creator=Mahmoud%2C+Professor+Magdi+S.&rft.creator=Khalid%2C+Dr.++Haris+M.+&rft.creator=Sabih%2C+Mr.++Muhammad+&rft.subject=Dynamical+Systems&rft.description=In+this+paper%2C+an+improved+distributed+estimation+scheme+for+static+sensor+networks+is+developed.+The+scheme+is+developed+for+environmental+time-variant+physical+variables.+The+main+contribution+of+this+work+is+that+the+algorithm+in+%5B1%5D-%5B3%5D+has+been+extended%2C+and+a+filter+has+been+designed+with+weights%2C+such+that+the+variance+of+the+estimation+errors+is+minimized%2C+thereby+improving+the+filter+design+considerably%0D%0Aand+characterizing+the+performance+limit+of+the+filter%2C+and+thereby+tracking+a+time-varying+signal.+Moreover%2C+certain+parameter+optimization+is+alleviated+with+the+application+of+a+particular+finite+impulse+response+(FIR)+filter.+Simulation+results+are+showing+the+effectiveness+of+the+developed+estimation+algorithm.&rft.date=2011-12&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8908%2F1%2FMsM-KFUPM-HK-MS%255BR-III%255D.pdf&rft.identifier=++Mahmoud%2C+Professor+Magdi+S.+and+Khalid%2C+Dr.+Haris+M.++and+Sabih%2C+Mr.+Muhammad+++(2011)+Improved+Distributed+Estimation+Method+for+Environmental+time-variant+Physical+variables+in+Static+Sensor+Networks.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8908%2F