NDLI: An RFID-based pilgrim identification system (a pilot study)

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Mohandes, M.
Copyright Year	2008
Description	Author affiliation: Electr. Eng. Dept., King Fahd Univ. of Pet. & Miner., Dhahran (Mohandes, M.)
Abstract	Every year Muslims from all over the world gather in the Holy areas for Hajj. With the increased number of pilgrims every year (over 2.5 million pilgrims currently), the problems and difficulties facing the pilgrims and the Hajj authorities have also been on the rise - especially in crowd control and the prevention of accidents. A significant number of pilgrims die due to both accidents and natural causes, and a large number get lost in this extremely crowded gathering. The authorities are faced with the problem of identifying the dead and injured pilgrims as well as helping those who get lost during the Hajj. In this paper, a solution based on RFID technology to help the Hajj authorities in the identification of pilgrims is developed. A pilot study is performed on 1000 pilgrims from Ivory Coast to prove the concept and get feedback on the performance.
Starting Page	107
Ending Page	112
File Size	488448
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424415441
DOI	10.1109/OPTIM.2008.4602508
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2008-05-22
Publisher Place	Romania
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Access control Medical conditions Databases Security Transponders Antennas Radiofrequency identification
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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