Auto-identification and ubiquitous computing applications: RFID and smart technologies for information convergence

✍ Scribed by Judith Symonds, Judith Symonds, John Ayoade, Dave Parry

• Publisher: Information Science Reference
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 350
• Series: Premier Reference Source
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

There is a need within radio-frequency identification (RFID) and other smart technologies to understand related practical implications.

Auto-Identification and Ubiquitous Computing Applications: RFID and Smart Technologies for Information Convergence reports on problems related to the primary use of RFID technologies. This book provides a detailed overview of current literature, specifically in using RFID and smart technologies for identification, and draws together several different fields of research across supply chain management, asset tracking, and novel use of RFID.

✦ Table of Contents

Title......Page 2
Table of Contents......Page 5
Detailed Table of Contents......Page 8
Foreword......Page 14
Preface......Page 16
Acknowledgment......Page 21
Radio Frequency Identification
History and Development......Page 24
Using Bluetooth for Indoor User
Positioning and Informing......Page 42
RFID for Identification of
Stolen/Lost Items......Page 62
RFID Technology for Agri-Food
Traceability Management......Page 77
Interpreting Health and
Wellness Information......Page 97
RFID in Hospitals and Factors
Restricting Adoption......Page 114
RFID and Assisted Living
for the Elderly......Page 142
RFID in Emergency Management......Page 160
Subsequence-Wise Approach
for Online Tracking......Page 180
From Fixed to Mobile
Convergence......Page 190
Handling RFID Data Using a
Data-on-Tag Approach......Page 203
An Agent-Based Library
Management System Using
RFID Technology......Page 218
Semantic-Based Bluetooth-RFID
Interaction for Advanced
Resource Discovery in
Pervasive Contexts......Page 228
Facing the Challenges of RFID
Data Management......Page 253
A Mobile Computing
Framework for Passive RFID
Detection System in Health Care......Page 270
Intelligent Agents Framework
for RFID Hospitals......Page 288
Radio Frequency Identification
(RFID) Technology......Page 302
Compilation of References......Page 317
About the Contributors......Page 342
Index......Page 348