1080 IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SYSTEMS.MAN.AND CYBERNETICS-PART C:APPLICATIONS AND REVIEWS,VOL.37.NO.6.NOVEMBER 2007 [64]B.J.Feder.(2004,Jul.26).Wireless sensor networks spread to new Houshang Darabi received the B.S.degree in indus- territory.New York Times [Online].Available:http://www.nytimes.com/ trial engineering from Technology and science Uni- 2004/07/26/business/26sensor.html versity,Tehran,Iran.M.S.degree in industrial engin- [65]A.Brooks,A.Makarenko,T.Kaupp,S.Williams,and H.Durrant-Whyte erring from Sharif University of Technology,Tehran, "Implementation of an indoor active sensor network,"in Proc.9th Int. Iran.and the Ph.D.degree in industrial engineering Symp.Exp.Robot.2004,Singapore,Jun.18-21,2004,pp.37-46. from Rutgers University,New Brunswick,NJ. [66]C.Savarese,J.M.Rabaey,and J.Beutel,"Locationing in distributed He is currently an Associate Professor with the ad-hoc wireless sensor networks,"in Proc./EEE /CASSP,May 2001. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineer- Pp.2037-2040. ing.University of Illinois,Chicago.His research in [67]ZigBeeTMAlliance.(2004,Dec.).Network specification version 1.0. terests include application of discrete-event systems Tech.Rep.02130r10 [Onlinel.Available:http://www.zigbee.org control theory in modeling and analysis of service [68]N.Patwari,A.O.Hero,M.Perkins,N.S.Correal,and R.J.O'Dea, and manufacturing systems,computer-integrated manufacturing,supply chain "Relative location estimation in wireless sensor networks,"IEEE Trans. networks,and manufacturing information systems.He is the author of many Signal Process..vol.51,no.8,pp.2137-2148,Aug.2003. papers published in several joumals and conference proceedings. [69]J.N.Ash and L.C.Potter,"Sensor network localization via received sig- Dr.Darabi is a Senior Member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers,and a nal strength measurements with directional antennas,"in Proc.Allerton member of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. Conf.Commun..Control.Comput..Sep.2004,pp.1861-1870. [70]A.Savvides,C.C.Han,and M.B.Srivastava,"Danamic fine-grained localization in ad-hoc wireless sensor networks,"in Proc.ACM Int. Conf.Mobile Comput.Netw.,May 2001,pp.166-179. [71]D.Niculescu and B.Nath,"Ad Hoc Positioning System (APS)using AoA,"in Proc.IEEE INFOCOM,San Francisco,CA,Apr.2003,vol.3. Pat Banerjee received the B.Tech.degree in mechan- Pp.1734-1743. ical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technol- [72]Y.Gwon,R.Jain,and T.Kawahara,"Robust indoor location estimation ogy,Kanpur,in 1984,and the M.S.and Ph.D.degrees of stationary and mobile users,"in Proc.IEEE INFOCOM,Mar.2004. in industrial engineering from Purdue University vol.2,pp.1032-1043. 173]H.Liu,H.Darabi,and P.Banerjee,"A new rapid sensor deployment West Lafayette,IN,in 1987 and 1990,respectively. approach for first responders."Int.J.Intell.Control Syst.,vol.10.no.2. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and of Com- pp.131-142.Jun.2005. puter Science with the University of Illinois,Chicago. 174]P.Prasithsangaree,P.Krishnamurthi,and P.K.Chrysanthis,"On indoor He was on the 2002 Research Visionary Board at position with wireless LANs,"in Proc.IEEE Int.Symp.Pers.Indoor, Motorola Laboratories.His current research interests Mobile Radio Commun.,Sep.2002,vol.2,pp.720-724. include virtual reality applications;haptics applica- [75]Y.Gwon and R.Jain,"Error characteristic and calibaration-free tech- tions:sensors,diagnostics,and prognostics;immersive leaming effectiveness niques for wireless LAN-based location estimation,"in Proc.Mobi- and display interfaces;and linear and nonlinear design optimization models.He Wac'04,Philadelphia,PA,Oct.1,2004,pp.2-9. is the author of over 100 publications,including a textbook Virtual Manufac. [76]J.Kwon,B.Dundar,and P.Varaiya,"Hybrid algorithm for indoor position- turing (Wiley,2001).He was a Department Editor of the IIE Transactions. ing using wireless LAN,"IEEE Veh.Technol.Conf.,vol.7.pp.4625-4629, Prof.Banerjee is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Sep.2004. (ASME).He received the ASME MED/MHED Best Technical Paper Award. 77]B.Li.A.Dempster,C.Rizos,and J.Bames,"Hybrid method for local- He was an Associate Editor of the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ROBOTICS AND ization using WLAN,"in Proc.Spatial Sci.Conf.,Melbourne,Australia, AUTOMATION. Sep.2005,Pp.341-350. 78]N.S.Correal,S.Kyperountas,Q.Shi,and M.Welborn,"An ultra wideband relative location system,"in Proc.IEEE Conf.Ultra Wideband Syst. Technol.,Nov.2003.pp.394-397. Jing Liu received the B.S.degree in chemical en- gineering from the Hebei University of Technology. Tianjin,China,the M.S.degree in mechanical en- Hui Liu (S')received the B.S.degree in electri- gineering from the Beijing University of Posts and cal engineering from North China Electric Power Telecommunications,Beijing,China,and the Ph.D. University,BaoDing,China,the Master's degree in degree in industrial engineering from the University electrical engineering from the Beijing University of of Illinois,Chicago,in 2005. Telecommunications and Posts,Beijing,China.He is She is currently a Researcher in General Motors currently working toward the Ph.D.degree in elec- R&D Center,Warren,MI,USA.Her research in- trical and computer engineering at the University of terests include application of discrete-event systems Illinois,Chicago. control theory in modeling and analysis of manufac- His research interests include communication.sta- turing systems,and plant floor system controls. tistical signal processing,control and automation,and Dr.Liu is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, artificial intelligence. Phi Kappa Phi,and the Institute of Industrial Engineers. Authorized licensed use limited to:University of Pittsburgh.Downloaded on January 27.2009 at 17:04 from IEEE Xplore.Restrictions apply.1080 IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SYSTEMS, MAN, AND CYBERNETICS—PART C: APPLICATIONS AND REVIEWS, VOL. 37, NO. 6, NOVEMBER 2007 [64] B. J. Feder. (2004, Jul. 26). 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Allerton Conf. Commun., Control, Comput., Sep. 2004, pp. 1861–1870. [70] A. Savvides, C. C. Han, and M. B. Srivastava, “Danamic fine-grained localization in ad-hoc wireless sensor networks,” in Proc. ACM Int. Conf. Mobile Comput. Netw., May 2001, pp. 166–179. [71] D. Niculescu and B. Nath, “Ad Hoc Positioning System (APS) using AoA,” in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, San Francisco, CA, Apr. 2003, vol. 3, pp. 1734–1743. [72] Y. Gwon, R. Jain, and T. Kawahara, “Robust indoor location estimation of stationary and mobile users,” in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM, Mar. 2004, vol. 2, pp. 1032–1043. [73] H. Liu, H. Darabi, and P. Banerjee, “A new rapid sensor deployment approach for first responders,” Int. J. Intell. Control Syst., vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 131–142, Jun. 2005. [74] P. Prasithsangaree, P. Krishnamurthi, and P. K. Chrysanthis, “On indoor position with wireless LANs,” in Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. Pers. Indoor, Mobile Radio Commun., Sep. 2002, vol. 2, pp. 720–724. [75] Y. Gwon and R. Jain, “Error characteristic and calibaration-free tech￾niques for wireless LAN-based location estimation,” in Proc. Mobi￾Wac’04, Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 1, 2004, pp. 2–9. [76] J. Kwon, B. Dundar, and P. Varaiya, “Hybrid algorithm for indoor position￾ing using wireless LAN,” IEEE Veh. Technol. Conf., vol. 7, pp. 4625–4629, Sep. 2004. [77] B. Li, A. Dempster, C. Rizos, and J. Barnes, “Hybrid method for local￾ization using WLAN,” in Proc. Spatial Sci. Conf., Melbourne, Australia, Sep. 2005, pp. 341–350. [78] N. S. Correal, S. Kyperountas, Q. Shi, and M. Welborn, “An ultra wideband relative location system,” in Proc. IEEE Conf. Ultra Wideband Syst. Technol., Nov. 2003, pp. 394–397. Hui Liu (S’) received the B.S. degree in electri￾cal engineering from North China Electric Power University, BaoDing, China, the Master’s degree in electrical engineering from the Beijing University of Telecommunications and Posts, Beijing, China. He is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree in elec￾trical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois, Chicago. His research interests include communication, sta￾tistical signal processing, control and automation, and artificial intelligence. Houshang Darabi received the B.S. degree in indus￾trial engineering from Technology and science Uni￾versity, Tehran, Iran, M.S. degree in industrial engin￾erring from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, and the Ph.D. degree in industrial engineering from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. He is currently an Associate Professor with the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineer￾ing, University of Illinois, Chicago. His research in￾terests include application of discrete-event systems control theory in modeling and analysis of service and manufacturing systems, computer-integrated manufacturing, supply chain networks, and manufacturing information systems. He is the author of many papers published in several journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Darabi is a Senior Member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, and a member of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. Pat Banerjee received the B.Tech. degree in mechan￾ical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technol￾ogy, Kanpur, in 1984, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in industrial engineering from Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, in 1987 and 1990, respectively. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and of Com￾puter Science with the University of Illinois, Chicago. He was on the 2002 Research Visionary Board at Motorola Laboratories. His current research interests include virtual reality applications; haptics applica￾tions; sensors, diagnostics, and prognostics; immersive learning effectiveness and display interfaces; and linear and nonlinear design optimization models. He is the author of over 100 publications, including a textbook Virtual Manufac￾turing (Wiley, 2001). He was a Department Editor of the IIE Transactions. Prof. Banerjee is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He received the ASME MED/MHED Best Technical Paper Award. He was an Associate Editor of the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION. Jing Liu received the B.S. degree in chemical en￾gineering from the Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, China, the M.S. degree in mechanical en￾gineering from the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China, and the Ph.D. degree in industrial engineering from the University of Illinois, Chicago, in 2005. She is currently a Researcher in General Motors R&D Center, Warren, MI, USA. Her research in￾terests include application of discrete-event systems control theory in modeling and analysis of manufac￾turing systems, and plant floor system controls. Dr. Liu is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Phi Kappa Phi, and the Institute of Industrial Engineers. Authorized licensed use limited to: University of Pittsburgh. Downloaded on January 27, 2009 at 17:04 from IEEE Xplore. Restrictions apply