Location-based services for elderly and disabled people

Computer Communications

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1055-1066

  Marco, A ^a   Casas, R ^a   Falco, J ^a   Gracia, H ^a   Artigas, J I ^a   Roy, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elderly and disabled people; LBS; Monitoring; Ultrasound; ZigBee

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SERVICES; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); ULTRASONICS;

LOCATION-BASED SERVICES; ULTRASOUND POSITIONING SYSTEM;

HANDICAPPED PERSONS;

EID: 40949161391     PISSN: 01403664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comcom.2007.12.031     Document Type: Article

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