Reliability-based hybrid data fusion method for adaptive location estimation in construction

Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Construction management; Construction materials; Data analysis; Fuzzy sets; Hybrid methods; Productivity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY AND PRECISION; CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENT; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTIVITY; DATA FUSION METHODS; DATA SOURCE; DYNAMIC CONSTRUCTION; FUSION METHODS; HIGH NOISE; HYBRID METHOD; IMPERFECT DATA; KEY ELEMENTS; LOCATION ESTIMATION; MATERIALS TRACKING; MEASUREMENT NOISE; RADIOFREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TAGS; RELATIVE STRENGTH; SENSING SYSTEMS; SOFTCOMPUTING TECHNIQUES;

BUILDING MATERIALS; DATA FUSION; DATA REDUCTION; FUZZY SETS; PRODUCTIVITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); SENSORS; SOFT COMPUTING;

ESTIMATION;

EID: 84860171999     PISSN: 08873801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CP.1943-5487.0000101     Document Type: Article

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