The real-time recognition of absolute (or relative) position and orientation on a network of roads is a core technology for fully automated or driving-assisted vehicles. This paper presents an empirical investigation of the design, implementation, and evaluation of a self-positioning system based on a magnetic marker reference sensing method for an autonomous vehicle. Specifically, the estimati...

This paper investigates the capability of GNSS aided smart sensor network positioning based on Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) signals incorporating access points, to monitor 3D deformation associated with volcanic activity and other comparable hazardous events. While a small number of GNSS receivers provide the coordinate and time references, low-cost low-power wireless sensor nodes with ra...

The RFID-based positioning equipment, which is widely used in mine operation such as coal mine, has the advantages of low cost and maturity. It can locate human effectively so that it could improve the production safety situation and provide guarantee for disaster prevention and relief. However, the traditional RFID technology has the drawbacks of small monitoring range and no orientation which...

The author considers the issue of conceptualization geographical space that is known today as Western Balkans on Gerhard Mercator's maps from second half 16th century, which, even in cases incorrect cartographic representations, it possible to conclude about changes certain objects and phenomena past time. Two Mercator were analysed: Sclavonia, Croatia, Bosnia cum Dalmatiae parte, Walachia, Ser...

As the number of natural disasters and their impacts increase across the globe, the need for effective preparedness against such events becomes more vital. In this paper, we construct a supply chain network optimization model for a disaster relief organization in charge of obtaining, storing, transporting, and distributing relief goods to certain disasterprone regions. Our system-optimization a...

A branching, positive relief network in the middle member of the Medusae Fossae Formation, Equatorial Mars evidence for sapping? Journal Article How to cite: Harrison, S. K.; Balme, M. R.; Hagermann, A.; Murray, J. B.; Muller, J.-P. and Wilson, A. (2013). A branching, positive relief network in the middle member of the Medusae Fossae Formation, Equatorial Mars evidence for sapping? Planetary An...

This research concentrates on the design and analysis of an algorithm referred to as Virtual Network Configuration which uses predicted future states of a system for faster network configuration and management. Virtual Network Configuration is applied to the configuration of a wireless mobile Asynchronous Transfer Mode network. Virtual Network Configuration is built on techniques from parallel ...

This paper discusses and investigates the effects of mobility on positioning of wireless ad hoc networks. We present a Mobility-enhanced Ad hoc Positioning (MAP) scheme, where we leverage on the mobility of nodes within the network. The scheme uses the hop counts information from fixed reference nodes to perform positioning and improves accuracy by using mobile nodes to “bridge” gaps within nei...

This paper describes a peer-to-peer overlay network for performing location-aware node and path selection in largescale distributed systems. Our system, Meridian, provides a simple, lightweight and scalable framework for keeping track of locationinformation for participating nodes. The framework is based on local, relative coordinate systems in multi-resolution rings, direct measurement with sc...