Grid Coverage for Surveillance and Target Location in Distributed Sensor Networks
IEEE Transactions on Computers
Evaluation of an Infrared/Radiofrequency Equipment-Tracking System in a Tertiary Care Hospital
Journal of Medical Systems
Genetic Approach for Network Planning in the RFID Systems
ISDA '06 Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications - Volume 02
Identifying RFID-embedded objects in pervasive healthcare applications
Decision Support Systems
Pervasive Healthcare Computing: EMR/EHR, Wireless and Health Monitoring
Pervasive Healthcare Computing: EMR/EHR, Wireless and Health Monitoring
Markov decision processes for control of a sensor network-based health monitoring system
IAAI'05 Proceedings of the 17th conference on Innovative applications of artificial intelligence - Volume 3
An RFID network design methodology for asset tracking in healthcare
Decision Support Systems
Real-Time Location Systems for Hospital Emergency Response
IT Professional
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An optimization framework is proposed to plan a sensor network in hospital environments aimed at tracking medical assets. Firstly, an innovative statistical simulation model of the asset movements is developed, to define the critical levels of the hospital locations. The model feeds an optimization algorithm, which determines the optimal placements of the sensors, modeled by their coverage characteristics. Since the optimization framework is modular, it can be used for different network technologies. Simulation results are presented, considering a case-study based on the plan of the cardiology department of the ''San Camillo'' hospital in Rome and on interviews with the personnel.