RFID deployment protocols for indoor construction

Construction Innovation

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 239-258

  Razavi, Saiedeh N ^a   Montaser, Ali ^a   Moselhi, Osama ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Construction works; Deployment protocols; Indoor location sensing; K NN algorithm; Protocols; Radio frequency identification; Received signal strength indicator

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859856654     PISSN: 14714175     EISSN: 14770857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14714171211215967     Document Type: Article

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