Automated trajectory and path planning analysis based on ultra wideband data

Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 151-160

  Cheng, Tao ^a   Mantripragada, Uday ^a   Teizer, Jochen ^a   Vela, Patricio A ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Safety; Trajectory analysis; Ultra wideband; Worker behavior; Workforce tracking; Worksite utilization

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION RESOURCE; CONSTRUCTION SITES; MULTIPLE-PATH; OCCUPANCY GRIDS; OPTIMAL PATHS; OPTIMALITY; PATH GENERATION; PLANNING GRAPHS; SAFETY MANAGERS; SITE OPERATIONS; TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; TRAJECTORY INFORMATION; TRAVEL PATTERNS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND SENSORS; UWB SIGNALS; WORK SITES; WORK STUDY; WORKER BEHAVIOR;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALGORITHMS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; MOTION PLANNING; OPTIMIZATION; STATISTICS; TRAJECTORIES;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 84859557026     PISSN: 08873801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CP.1943-5487.0000115     Document Type: Article

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