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This research presents a high accuracy child monitoring system for locating students if they are inside or outside a school bus using the Internet of Things (IoT) via Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) which is suitable for a signal strength indication (RSSI) algorithm. The in\/out-bus child tracking system alerts a driver to determine if there is a child left on the bus or not. Distance between devices is analyzed for decision making to affiliate the zone of the current children\u2019s position. A simplified and high accuracy machine learning of least mean square (LMS) algorithm is used in this research with model-based RSSI localization techniques. The distance is calculated with the grid size of 0.5 m \u00d7 0.5 m similar in size to an actual seat of a school bus using two zones (inside or outside a school bus). The averaged signal strength is proposed for this research, rather than using the raw value of the signal strength in typical works, providing a robust position-tracking system with high accuracy while maintaining the simplicity of the classical trilateration method leading to precise classification of each student from each zone. The test was performed to validate the effectiveness of the proposed tracking strategy which precisely shows the positions of each student. The proposed method, therefore, can be applied for future autopilot school buses where students\u2019 home locations can be securely stored in the system used for references to transport each student to their homes without a driver.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/informatics8040065","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,9,27]],"date-time":"2021-09-27T23:08:31Z","timestamp":1632784111000},"page":"65","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["A Simplified and High Accuracy Algorithm of RSSI-Based Localization Zoning for Children Tracking In-Out the School Buses Using Bluetooth Low Energy Beacon"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"8","author":[{"given":"Siraporn","family":"Sakphrom","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Engineering and Technology, Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80160, Thailand"},{"name":"Center of Excellence on Wood and Biomaterials, Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80160, Thailand"},{"name":"Center of Excellence for Sustainable Disaster Management, Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80160, Thailand"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2157-958X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Korakot","family":"Suwannarat","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Engineering and Technology, Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80160, Thailand"}]},{"given":"Rina","family":"Haiges","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Institute of Public Administration (INTAN), Kuala Lumpur 50480, Malaysia"}]},{"given":"Krit","family":"Funsian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Engineering and Technology, Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80160, Thailand"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,9,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1263","DOI":"10.1109\/TVT.2015.2403868","article-title":"Indoor tracking: Theory, methods, and technologies","volume":"64","author":"Dardari","year":"2015","journal-title":"IEEE Trans. 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