Analysis of three indoor localization technologies for supporting operations and maintenance field tasks

Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 708-719

  Taneja, Saurabh ^a   Akcamete, Asli ^a   Akinci, Burcu ^a   Garrett, James H ^a   Soibelman, Lucio ^a   East, E William ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic identification system; Data collection; Field tests; Information management; Localization; Maintenance

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM; DATA COLLECTION; FIELD TEST; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR LOCALIZATION; INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT; LOCALIZATION; MAINTENANCE TASKS; OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE; PRIOR KNOWLEDGE; RADIOFREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TAGS; RESEARCH STUDIES; SIGNAL STRENGTHS;

AUTOMATION; EQUIPMENT TESTING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MAINTENANCE; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); REPAIR; TECHNOLOGY; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

TRACKING (POSITION);

EID: 84869440728     PISSN: 08873801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CP.1943-5487.0000177     Document Type: Article

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