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Hee Woong Jeong, “A Cost-Effective Solution for Automation, Security and Energy Efficiency in Edge Enabled IoT Smart Home Applications”, Journal of Machine and Computing, pp. 847-856, April 2025, doi: 10.53759/7669/jmc202505066.
