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International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 921208, 9 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/921208
Research Article

Jam Eyes: A Traffic Jam Awareness and Observation System Using Mobile Phones

Xing Zhang, Haigang Gong, Zongyi Xu, Jinchuan Tang, and Bang Liu

School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 611731, China

Received 31 October 2012; Accepted 3 December 2012

Academic Editor: Ming Liu

Copyright © 2012 Xing Zhang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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