Accuracy of RSS-based centroid localization algorithms in an indoor environment

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3451-3460

  Pivato, Paolo ^a   Palopoli, Luigi ^a   Petri, Dario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Centroid algorithm; localization; propagation model; wireless sensor networks (WSNs)

Indexed keywords

CENTROID ALGORITHM; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR LOCALIZATION; LOCALIZATION; LOCALIZATION ALGORITHM; LOCALIZATION METHOD; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; MEASUREMENT-BASED; POSITION ESTIMATION; PROPAGATION MODEL; THEORETICAL SIMULATION; WEIGHTED CENTROID; WIRELESS SENSOR;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 80052851880     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2011.2134890     Document Type: Conference Paper

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