Blockchain enabled privacy provisioning scheme for location based services in VANETs

Iqra Ilyas, M. Usman Ashraf, Sami S. Albouq, Khlood Shinan, Hanan E. Alhazmi, Fatmah Alanazi, Saqib Ali

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0323438
Published: 2025-06-03
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Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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@article{allodium:10.1371/journal.pone.0323438,
  title = {Blockchain enabled privacy provisioning scheme for location based services in VANETs},
  author = {Iqra Ilyas and M. Usman Ashraf and Sami S. Albouq and Khlood Shinan and Hanan E. Alhazmi and Fatmah Alanazi and Saqib Ali},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {PLOS One},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0323438},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0323438}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Blockchain enabled privacy provisioning scheme for location based services in VANETs
AU  - Iqra Ilyas
AU  - M. Usman Ashraf
AU  - Sami S. Albouq
AU  - Khlood Shinan
AU  - Hanan E. Alhazmi
AU  - Fatmah Alanazi
AU  - Saqib Ali
PY  - 2025
JO  - PLOS One
DO  - 10.1371/journal.pone.0323438
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Ilyas, I., Ashraf, M. U., Albouq, S. S., Shinan, K., Alhazmi, H. E., Alanazi, F., & Ali, S. (2025). Blockchain enabled privacy provisioning scheme for location based services in VANETs. PLOS One. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0323438

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