@INPROCEEDINGS{6407425, author={N. Akhtar and S. C. Ergen and O. Ozkasap}, booktitle={2012 IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference (VNC)}, title={Analysis of distributed algorithms for density estimation in VANETs}, year={2012}, volume={}, number={}, pages={157-164}, keywords={distributed algorithms;peer-to-peer computing;road traffic;telecommunication network reliability;vehicular ad hoc networks;VANET;cameras;centralized approach;distributed algorithms;geographical location;gossip-based aggregation;group formation;grouping mechanisms;hop sampling;inductive loop detector;infrastructure-free mechanisms;peer-to-peer networks;pressure pads;reliability;road traffic condition monitoring;roadside radar;vehicle traffic density;vehicular ad hoc networks;vehicular density estimation;wireless sensors;Estimation;Heuristic algorithms;Peer to peer computing;Roads;Urban areas;Vehicles}, doi={10.1109/VNC.2012.6407425}, ISSN={2157-9857}, month={Nov},}