Programming an Artificial Neural Network tool for spatial interpolation in GIS - A case study for indoor radio wave propagation of WLAN

Sensors

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 5996-6014

  Şen, Alper ^a   Gümüşay, M Ümit ^a   Kavas, Aktül ^a   Bulucu, Umut ^a  

^a YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Electromagnetic coverage; GIS; Interpolation; Kriging; WLAN

Indexed keywords

ELECTRO MAGNETIC POLLUTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC COVERAGE; FEED-FORWARD BACK-PROPAGATION NEURAL NETWORKS; FEEDFORWARD BACKPROPAGATION; KRIGING; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK; WIRELESS MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; WLAN;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; INTERPOLATION; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; NEURAL NETWORKS; RADIO BROADCASTING; RADIO WAVES; TOOLS; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 53349177535     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s8095996     Document Type: Article

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