Indoor localization in a hospital environment using Random Forest classifiers

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 125-134

  Calderoni, Luca ^a   Ferrara, Matteo ^a   Franco, Annalisa ^a   Maio, Dario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emergency room; Hospital; Indoor localization; Random Forest; Smart health

Indexed keywords

DECISION TREES; EMERGENCY ROOMS; HOSPITALS;

ELECTRONIC DEVICE; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR LOCALIZATION; INDOOR LOCALIZATION SYSTEMS; RANDOM FOREST CLASSIFIER; RANDOM FORESTS; RFID TECHNOLOGY;

HOSPITALS; EMERGENCY ROOMS;

EID: 84906569541     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2014.07.042     Document Type: Article

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