Performance assessment of a kinetically-powered network for herd localization

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 87, Issue , 2012, Pages 74-84

  Dopico, Nelson I ^a   Gutiérrez, Álvaro ^a   Zazo, Santiago ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; GPS; Herding; Localization; Modeling; Reindeer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MOVEMENT; DETECTION FREQUENCY; DUTY CYCLES; HERDING; LOCALIZATION; LOCALIZATION ACCURACY; LOCALIZATION SYSTEM; MAINTENANCE DUTIES; NETWORK ELEMENT; OPERATING CONDITION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; PROCESSOR CHIPS; REINDEER; TARGET GROUP;

BENCHMARKING; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MODELS; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEER; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GPS; HARDWARE; MOVEMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REACTION KINETICS;

LAPLAND [EURASIA];

ANIMALIA; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 84862648424     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2012.04.015     Document Type: Article

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