Improvement of RFID tracking accuracy for a personnel tracking system in healthcare

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dc.contributor.authorBian, Chao
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeNariman, Sepehri (Mechanical Engineering) Cai, Jun (Electrical and Computer Engineering)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorPeng, Qingjin (Mechanical Engineering)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-17T21:55:07Z
dc.date.available2014-09-17T21:55:07Z
dc.date.issued2013-08en_US
dc.degree.disciplineMechanical Engineeringen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Science (M.Sc.)en_US
dc.description.abstractRadio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology has been widely adopted by different industries for various purposes. While implementing a RFID system for personnel tracking in an industrial environment, such as a hospital, the tracking accuracy is not always satisfactory due to incorrect placement of RFID hardware, coarse system configuration or environment. This thesis proposes comprehensive optimization methods for improving the tracking accuracy of a RFID system for personnel tracking. The improvement is achieved from four perspectives including RFID data cleaning, experimental design, data fusion and simulation modeling. This research is based on a case study carried out in a local community hospital where a RFID system for personnel tracking has been implemented. Through applying the optimization methods, the tracking accuracy of the RFID system has been improved to 87.33%. The thesis provides a guideline for the hospital and other similar application environment to implement improvement methods on a RFID tracking system.en_US
dc.description.noteFebruary 2015en_US
dc.identifier.citationBian, C., Peng, Q., & Zhang, G. (2013). Improvement of rfid accuracy for a product tracking system. ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, doi:10.1115/DETC2013-13389en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/24053
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherThe American Society of Mechanical Engineersen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectRFIDen_US
dc.subjectTrackingen_US
dc.subjectHealthcareen_US
dc.titleImprovement of RFID tracking accuracy for a personnel tracking system in healthcareen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
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