Technological assessment of radio frequency identification technology for indoor localization

Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 230-238

  Pradhan, Anu ^a   Ergen, Esin ^b   Akinci, Burcu ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Automatic identification system; Data collection; Field tests; Information management; Localization

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM; CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY; DATA COLLECTION; DESTINATION POINTS; FIELD TEST; FIELD TESTS; HYPOTHESIS TESTS; INDOOR LOCALIZATION; K-NEAREST NEIGHBORHOODS; LEAKING PIPES; LOCALIZATION; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY; REAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; RESEARCH STUDIES; SPECIFIC LOCATION; TECHNOLOGICAL FEASIBILITY;

AUTOMATION; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); RADIO WAVES; TESTING;

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS;

EID: 67651012119     PISSN: 08873801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3801(2009)23:4(230)     Document Type: Article

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