Selection of wireless technology for tracking construction materials using a fuzzy decision model

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-59

  Jiang, Shaohua ^a   Jang, Won Suk ^b   Skibniewski, Mirosław J ^c  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction material tracking; Decision model; Fuzzy; Wireless sensor network

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONSTRUCTION SITES; CURRENT TRACKING; DECISION MODELS; DECISION PROCESS; EMERGING WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES; FIELD DATA; FUZZY; FUZZY DECISION; FUZZY ENVIRONMENTS; FUZZY METHODS; FUZZY RANKINGS; MANUAL OPERATIONS; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; SCOPE OF APPLICATION; SUITABLE SOLUTIONS; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; FUZZY SETS; MODELS; RESEARCH; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING; WI-FI; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ZIGBEE;

TRACKING (POSITION);

EID: 84862848499     PISSN: 13923730     EISSN: 18223605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/13923730.2011.652157     Document Type: Article

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