Assessment of a Wireless Sensor Network based monitoring tool for zero effort technologies: A Cattle-health and movement monitoring test case

IEEE International Conference on Adaptive Science and Technology, ICAST

Volumn 2015-January, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Mudziwepasi, Shadreck K ^a   Scott, Mfundo S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cattle; Core body Temperature; Global Positioning System; Wireless Sensor Network; Zero Effort Technologies

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HEALTH; METALS; PHYSIOLOGY; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; CATTLE; COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY; CORE BODY; EFFICIENT MONITORING; LONG TERM MONITORING; MONITORING TECHNOLOGIES; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK (WSNS);

MONITORING;

EID: 84940118710     PISSN: 23269413     EISSN: 23269448     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICASTECH.2014.7068068     Document Type: Conference Paper

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