The use of RFID for traffic management

International Journal of Technology, Policy and Management

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-125

  Kathawala, Yunus A ^a   Tueck, Benjamin ^a,b,c  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b School of Business Eastern   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Radio frequency identification; RFID; SCM; Supply chain management; Traffic management

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; INVENTORY CONTROL; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

INVENTORY MANAGEMENT; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

EID: 39649115775     PISSN: 14684322     EISSN: 17415292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTPM.2008.017215     Document Type: Article

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