A method of reading a tag located on an object, wherein the tag includes tag values associated with the object, where the method includes obtaining a first sensor output, by reading the tag using a tag reader, the first sensor output being at least one of an erroneous and incomplete representation of the tag values of the tag and includes deriving at least one tag value from the first sensor output using a model, where the model is based on a first set of sensor outputs generated by the tag reader by reading a plurality of tags and tag values associated with the plurality of tags, and where the first set of sensor outputs includes a plurality of sensor outputs, where each sensor output includes at least one of an erroneous and incomplete representation of at least one tag value of the corresponding tag.