Performance evaluation of hybrid crowdsensing systems with stateful CrowdSenSim 2.0 simulator?
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SUBMITTER: Montori F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7373695 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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