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A smart mask to enforce social contracts based on IOTA Tangle

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  • Lianna Zhao
  • Pietro Ferraro
  • Robert Shorten

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In this paper we present the design for a smart-mask to mitigate the impact of an airborne virus such as COVID-19. The design utilises recent results from feedback control theory over a distributed ledger that have been developed to enforce compliance in a pseudo-anonymous manner. The design is based on the use of the IOTA distributed ledger. A hardware-in-the-loop simulation based on indoor positioning, paired with Monte-Carlo simulations, is developed to demonstrate the efficacy of the designed prototype.

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  • Lianna Zhao & Pietro Ferraro & Robert Shorten, 2024. "A smart mask to enforce social contracts based on IOTA Tangle," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 19(3), pages 1-18, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0292850
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0292850
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