A proximity-based method for locating RFID tagged objects

Advanced Engineering Informatics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 367-376

  Song, Jongchul ^a   Haas, Carl T ^b   Caldas, Carlos H ^c  

^a University of New Mexico   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction materials; Global positioning systems; Location tracking; Proximity; Radio frequency identification

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PROXIMITY INDICATORS; TRACKING (POSITION);

ANALYTICAL DISCRETE FRAMEWORK; PROXIMITY-BASED METHOD; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID) TECHNOLOGY; TAG DENSITY; TAGGED MATERIALS;

RADIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 34948862753     PISSN: 14740346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aei.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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