crowdsensing

Etymology

From crowd + sensing.

crowdsensing means the sensor measurement of a phenomenon (such as air pollution) by combining readings from numerous devices carried by different individuals. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.

noun

The sensor measurement of a phenomenon (such as air pollution) by combining readings from numerous devices carried by different individuals.“In this study, a socially-aware crowdsensing system is advocated, in which a cloud-based platform incentivizes mobile users to participate in sensing tasks by leveraging social trust among users, upon receiving sensing requests.”