Optimal planning of sensor networks for asset tracking in hospital environments

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 304-313

  Pietrabissa, Antonio ^a   Poli, Cecilia ^b   Ferriero, Dario Giuseppe ^a   Grigioni, Mauro ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hospital asset tracking; Optimal planning; Reinforcement learning; Sensor networks

Indexed keywords

ASSET TRACKING; HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT; NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES; OPTIMAL PLACEMENTS; OPTIMAL PLANNING; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION FRAMEWORK; STATISTICAL SIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTIMIZATION; PLANNING; REINFORCEMENT LEARNING; SENSOR NETWORKS;

HOSPITALS;

EID: 84877742201     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2013.01.031     Document Type: Article

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