RFID Jornal: Complex Event Processing and RFID

By John Morrell

Feb. 5, 2007—Radio frequency identification and sensor network applications fit into a new category that has been dubbed "event-driven applications." At its core, RFID solutions and other event-driven applications must process and analyze the many thousand of events—in this case, readings of RFID tags—occurring on the network. In some instances, the event data is enriched for later analysis, but often, an event-driven application must immediately identify time-sensitive business events and notify key stakeholders that need to take action.

http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/view/2991/