Conclusions

Abstract

This book firstly investigates and reviews the development and various applications of MCS. With the miniaturization of sensors and the popularity of smart mobile devices, MCS becomes a promising solution to efficiently collect different types of information such as traffic condition, air quality, temperature, etc. In addition, The auction theory and the incentive mechanism design are briefly introduced. Incentive mechanism design plays a key role in the success of MCS. An efficient incentive mechanism is a key factor to attract enough number of SUs to participate in an MCS system, then enough number of high-quality sensing data can be collected. Efficiently addressing incentive mechanism design enables the success of MCS applications such as air quality monitoring and dynamic traffic monitoring. These applications are tightly related to our daily life and society, especially the achievement of the smart city and Internet of Things.