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Area of Science:

  • Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Geomatics

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  • Real-time location systems are crucial for industrial and civil applications.
  • Localization accuracy depends heavily on measurement quality and equation-solving efficiency.
  • Existing methods face challenges with nonlinear equations and erroneous data.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel approach for efficiently solving nonlinear localization equations.
  • To simultaneously eliminate bad measurement data in range-based localization systems.
  • To improve the accuracy and robustness of real-time location technologies.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a geometric intersection model to define a bounded search area.
  • Employed Newton's Method and Direct Search Method for position estimation.
  • Introduced a Modified Newton's Method (MNM) to overcome local extrema and singularity issues.

Main Results:

  • The geometric model effectively narrows the search domain and self-corrects bad data.
  • Direct Search Method is suitable for coarse localization, while Newton's Method offers high accuracy.
  • MNM successfully addressed challenges related to initial value selection and local extrema.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed method efficiently solves nonlinear localization equations and removes bad data.
  • The geometric intersection model and MNM enhance the robustness and accuracy of localization systems.
  • Experimental results with an indoor system demonstrate the method's applicability and effectiveness.