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Reshaping Mobile Crowd Sensing using Cross Validation to Improve Data Credibility
Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE Global Communications Conference (2017, Singapore)
  • Tony Tie Luo, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Leonit Zeynalvand
Abstract

Data credibility is a crucial issue in mobile crowd sensing (MCS) and, more generally, people-centric Internet of Things (IoT). Prior work takes approaches such as incentive mechanism design and data mining to address this issue, while overlooking the power of crowds itself, which we exploit in this paper. In particular, we propose a cross validation approach which seeks a validating crowd to verify the data credibility of the original sensing crowd, and uses the verification result to reshape the original sensing dataset into a more credible posterior belief of the ground truth. Following this approach, we design a specific cross validation mechanism, which integrates four sampling techniques with a privacy-aware competency-adaptive push (PACAP) algorithm and is applicable to time-sensitive and quality-critical MCS applications. It does not require redesigning a new MCS system but rather functions as a lightweight "plug-in", making it easier for practical adoption. Our results demonstrate that the proposed mechanism substantially improves data credibility in terms of both reinforcing obscure truths and scavenging hidden truths.

Meeting Name
2017 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2017 (2017: Dec. 4-8, Singapore)
Department(s)
Computer Science
Keywords and Phrases
  • Internet of things, Cross validation,
  • Crowd sensing,
  • Data credibilities,
  • Incentive mechanism,
  • Internet of Things (IOT),
  • Privacy aware,
  • Sampling technique,
  • Verification results, Data mining
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-150905019-2
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2017 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
12-1-2017
Publication Date
01 Dec 2017
Disciplines
Citation Information
Tony Tie Luo and Leonit Zeynalvand. "Reshaping Mobile Crowd Sensing using Cross Validation to Improve Data Credibility" Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE Global Communications Conference (2017, Singapore) (2017)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/tony-luo/49/