This paper explores the applications and future commercial impacts of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. Its objective is to summarize the ways in which organizations and academics are thinking about these technologies and to stimulate strategic thinking about their possible uses and implications. It first provides an overview of this technology and how it works. Then it explores...

In this paper, we propose two approaches to protect privacy in the 'Digitally Named World', which is the environment in which 'radio frequency ID's (RFIDs) are attached to any objects in the world, and any objects in the real world can be found by the readers of the RFIDs and the networked database system. One is the approach to conceal the permanent ID under a private ID that users give. The o...

Radio frequency identification (RFID) systems are emerging as the primary object identification mechanism, especially in supply chain management. However, RFID naturally generates a large amount of duplicate readings. Removing these duplicates from the RFID data stream is paramount as it does not contribute new information to the system and wastes system resources. Existing approaches to deal w...

The problem of technology management is presented on example of Radio Frequency Identification. Research questions were formulated and methodology for assessment of RFID was presented. Paper is focused on strategic aspects of assessment of RFID technology. Therefore, application of portfolio method was proposed. Original set of questions for evaluation criteria was proposed and tailored to supp...

Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) integration is an emerging technology which uses advantages of both systems making it more reliable and efficient. The Hybrid network formed by WSN and RFID integration provides excellent infrastructure to acquire, process and distribute data in dynamic environments which are decentralized. The integrated network consists o...

Industrial and consumer applications of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) are explored. The state-of-the-art and development in RFID technology is reviewed. A currently operative smart parts based manufacturing system is described which uses RFID as the key technology. The role of RFID in the emerging Wireless Internet Manufacturing field is highlighted.

Traditional safety countermeasures at work zones include setting up special signs, installing barriers and a lower speed limit in work zones. For stop sign areas, usually our countermeasure is to remove all the obstructions. For signalized intersections, we usually improve the safety by setting up the signal lights in an optimized layout. However, many accidents still happen despite of these tr...

Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) technology is being used more and more in the construction industry. RFID tags and peripheral equipment are becoming cheaper and more suitable for application in the supply chain. However, it is difficult for contractors to estimate the costs and benefits of using RFID technology in their production processes. Based on a case study and simulations, the aim ...

In this paper a new analysis is presented that allows to investigate the asymptotic behavior of some backlog estimation procedures for Dynamic Frame Aloha (DFA) in Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) environment. Although efficiency e−1 can theoretically be reached, none of the solution proposed in the literature has been shown to reach such value. Here we analyze first the Schoute’s backlog ...