Investigation of the waste-removal chain through pervasive computing

IBM Journal of Research and Development

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages

  Boustani, Avid ^a   Girod, Lewis ^b   Offenhuber, Dietmar ^a   Britter, Rex ^a   Wolf, Malima I ^a   Lee, David ^a   Miles, Stephen ^a   Biderman, Assaf ^a   Ratti, Carlo ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ISSUES; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILES; MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; PERSONAL BEHAVIOR; PERVASIVE MONITORING; SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES; TAG PERFORMANCE; TRACKING SYSTEM; TRACKING TECHNOLOGY; WASTE REMOVAL; WASTE SERVICE PROVIDERS;

ENERGY CONVERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 81155135204     PISSN: 00188646     EISSN: 21518556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/JRD.2010.2089564     Document Type: Article

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