IJNO 2012 - Special Issue on Cognitive Positioning - Are We There Yet?

Special Issue on “Cognitive Positioning - Are We There Yet?” in the International Journal of Navigation and Observation: Submission deadline April 27, 2012
Dear Colleagues,
We would like to let you know about the upcoming Special Issue on “Cognitive Positioning - Are We There Yet?” which will be published in the International Journal of Navigation and Observation in September 2012.
You can find the Call for Papers for this Special Issue at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijno/si/cp/ or in the attached pdf.
The deadline for submission is April 27, 2012.
We invite you to contribute original research and review articles addressing innovative cognitive methods able to the increase the location accuracy, availability and reliability in mobile devices as well as decreasing power consumption. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
? Cognitive layers (from PHY to APP) for positioning
? Cognitive basics, such as pattern recognition/bio-inspired schemes for location
? Optimized power allocation and cognitive entropy for positioning
? Signals-of-Opportunity; cooperative positioning
? Cognitive indicators based on user surveys on Location Based Services (LBS) and users’ location preferences
? Cognitive positioning architectures/hybridization approaches
The International Journal of Navigation and Observation is an open access journal, which means that all published articles are made freely available online without a subscription. Please read over the journal's Author Guidelines at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijno/guidelines/ for more information on the journal's policies and the submission process.
We look forward to your submissions
The guest editors of the special issue
Elena Simona Lohan, Huseyin Arslan, Réné Jr. Landry, Stephan Sand, Gonzalo Seco-Granados, Henk Wymeersch