Flexible indoor localization and tracking based on a wearable platform and sensor data fusion

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 864-876

  Colombo, Alessio ^a   Fontanelli, Daniele ^a   MacIi, David ^a   Palopoli, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autonomous localization and mapping; Kalman filters; position measurement; uncertainty; wearable sensors; wireless sensor networks (WSNs)

Indexed keywords

HEURISTIC METHODS; KALMAN FILTERS; POSITION MEASUREMENT; SENSORS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

LOCALIZATION ACCURACY; LOCALIZATION AND MAPPINGS; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY; VELOCITY ESTIMATION; WEARABLE SENSORS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK (WSNS);

SENSOR DATA FUSION;

EID: 84896489621     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2013.2283546     Document Type: Article

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