Using reference RFID tags for calibrating the estimated locations of construction materials

Automation in Construction

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 677-685

  Razavi, Saiedeh N ^a   Haas, Carl T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Construction management; Construction materials; Data imperfection; Location estimation; Reference tag; Target tag

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE RFID; AUTOMATED TRACKING; BASIC PRINCIPLES; CALIBRATION TECHNIQUES; CONSTRUCTION DATA; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; CONSTRUCTION SITES; DATA IMPERFECTION; DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS; IMPERFECT DATA; LEVEL-1; LOCATION ESTIMATION; LOCATION-SENSING; MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; PROJECT PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE POINTS; REFERENCE TAG; RELATIVE DISTANCES; RF-ID TAGS; TWO-LEVEL APPROACH; WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CRYPTOGRAPHY; ESTIMATION; MATERIALS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RADIO NAVIGATION; VECTORS;

RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

EID: 79960620224     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2010.12.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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