1. Collaboration and Pattern Recognition in Distributed Sensor Networks: A statistical mechanics based approach Open Access Author: Srivastav, Abhishek Title: Collaboration and Pattern Recognition in Distributed Sensor Networks: A statistical mechanics based approach Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Symbolic dynamicsStatistical mechanicsInformation gainMarkov random fieldsSensor networksAnomaly detectionProbabilisitc finite state automata File: Download AbhishekSrivastav_PhDDissertation_11222009.pdf Committee Members: Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorAsok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-ChairAlok Sinha, Committee MemberShashi Phoha, Committee MemberMark Levi, Committee Member