Paper Info
Title
ONALIN: Ontology and Algorithm for Indoor Routing
Abstract
Much research has recently been devoted to developing approaches, techniques, and technologies which assist people with navigation within buildings. Routing is an essential technique often requested by users prior to real-time navigation, providing them with appropriate routes within buildings. A survey of the literature reveals indoor routing approaches primarily based on shortest distance or fastest travel time as the main criteria. However, such routing criteria that are common in outdoor navigation may not be as applicable to indoor navigation. Presenting users with appropriate indoor routes could be beneficial to many users in various situations. For example, people with physical, cognitive, or sensory impairments may need routes that take into account their special needs as well as preferences rather than ones that are shortest or fastest. In this paper, we present a new ontology and an algorithm (ONALIN) that provides routing for individuals with various needs and preferences. To this end, ONALIN takes the ADA (American Disability Act) standards, among other requirements, into consideration. An indoor routing algorithm based on this ontology is presented and analyzed in detail where it first finds feasible routes with respect to the special needs of the users and then from those will select the comfortable routes.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1109/MDM.2009.123
Mobile Data Management
Keywords
Field
DocType
building management systems,handicapped aids,indoor radio,mobile computing,ontologies (artificial intelligence),radionavigation,wireless LAN,ADA standard,American disability act,ONALIN,Wi-Fi positioning,cognitive impairment,disabled people assistance,indoor navigation system,indoor routing algorithm,location-based service,ontology method,outdoor navigation,physical impairment,public building,sensory impairment,special needs,ADA standards,design for all,indoor routing,ontology
Ontology (information science),Mobile computing,Ontology,Building management system,Special needs,Design for All,Computer science,Location-based service,Algorithm,Computer network,Radio navigation
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
15
0.78
4
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Patrick M. Dudas1222.42
Mahsa Ghafourian2201.99
Hassan A. Karimi335742.93