Skip to Content

134 Results Found

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
47,605 Views
31 Pages

25 October 2024

Low-Code Development Platforms (LCDPs) empower users to create and deploy custom software with little to no programming. These platforms streamline development, offering benefits like faster time-to-market, reduced technical barriers, and broader par...

(This article belongs to the Section Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions)
  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,561 Views
24 Pages

2 July 2022

In this paper, we introduce the idea of the ‘visibility matrix’ for automated data entry form generation in low-code development platforms. We then focus on the problem of software development productivity in the area of automated softwar...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Lean Manufacturing Strategies and Energy Management for Industry 4.0)
  • Review
  • Open Access
77 Citations
22,406 Views
23 Pages

13 February 2023

Algorithms have evolved from machine code to low-code-no-code (LCNC) in the past 20 years. Observing the growth of LCNC-based algorithm development, the CEO of GitHub mentioned that the future of coding is no coding at all. This paper systematically...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,370 Views
19 Pages

Efficient Model-Driven Prototyping for Edge Analytics

  • Hafiz Ahmad Awais Chaudhary,
  • Ivan Guevara,
  • Amandeep Singh,
  • Alexander Schieweck and ,
  • Jobish John,
  • Tiziana Margaria and
  • Dirk Pesch
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

14 September 2023

Software development cycles in the context of IoT! (IoT!) applications require the orchestration of different technological layers, and involve complex technical challenges. The engineering team needs to become experts in these technologies and time...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
7,700 Views
17 Pages

Citizen developers, individuals outside formal IT departments who create applications using low-code/no-code platforms, are becoming increasingly pivotal as organizations navigate digital transformation. The driving force behind this paradigm shift s...

(This article belongs to the Section Mathematics & Computer Science)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
4,195 Views
11 Pages

Evaluating Low-Code Development Platforms: A MULTIMOORA Approach

  • Danial Serekov,
  • Alibek Bissembayev,
  • Teodor Iliev,
  • Assel Mukasheva and
  • Jeong Won Kang

25 August 2025

Swiftly advancing low-code development platforms (LCDPs) have created a new branch in software development, allowing for the rapid creation of applications with minimal knowledge of coding. However, in spite of the great opportunities gained, problem...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of International Conference on Electronics, Engineering Physics and Earth Science (EEPES 2025))
  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
6,792 Views
26 Pages

23 September 2022

Low-code development platforms have gained popularity as an effective solution to address urgent market demands for software applications. These platforms have often overcome challenges faced by traditional software development processes, including r...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Requirements Engineering: Practice and Research)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,697 Views
29 Pages

26 October 2023

Automated code generation and process flow management are central to web-based application development today. This database-centric approach targets the form and process management challenges faced by corporate companies. It minimizes the time losses...

(This article belongs to the Topic Software Engineering and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
6,929 Views
10 Pages

Considering the novel concept of Industry 5.0 model, where sustainability is aimed together with integration in the value chain and centrality of people in the production environment, this article focuses on a case where energy efficiency is achieved...

  • Article
  • Open Access
802 Views
17 Pages

13 May 2026

This paper investigates whether a low-code workflow engine can operate as practical Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) middleware at the edge when cloud application programming interface (API) rate limits make direct telemetry upload unsustainable....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT): Network Architectures and Distributed Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
6,992 Views
14 Pages

OLP—A RESTful Open Low-Code Platform

  • Mauro A. A. da Cruz,
  • Heitor T. L. de Paula,
  • Bruno P. G. Caputo,
  • Samuel B. Mafra and ,
  • Pascal Lorenz and
  • Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

25 September 2021

Low-code is an emerging concept that transforms visual representations into functional software, allowing anyone to be a developer. However, building a low-code platform from scratch can be challenging concerning the scarce available literature about...

(This article belongs to the Section Network Virtualization and Edge/Fog Computing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
196 Citations
40,085 Views
17 Pages

Low-Code as Enabler of Digital Transformation in Manufacturing Industry

  • Raquel Sanchis,
  • Óscar García-Perales,
  • Francisco Fraile and
  • Raul Poler

18 December 2019

Currently, enterprises have to make quick and resilient responses to changing market requirements. In light of this, low-code development platforms provide the technology mechanisms to facilitate and automate the development of software applications...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Digital Transformation in Manufacturing Industry)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
12 Citations
10,000 Views
17 Pages

9 June 2025

Low-code development platforms (LCDPs) have emerged as transformative tools for accelerating digital transformation across industries by enabling rapid application development with minimal hand-coding. This paper synthesizes existing research and ind...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,834 Views
17 Pages

3 January 2020

In order to develop equipment adapted to the aircraft pulse final assembly line, a vision-based aircraft transport platform system is developed. This article explores a guiding method between assembly stations which is low-cost and easy to change rou...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
2 Citations
884 Views
19 Pages

Industrial Metaverse and Technical Diagnosis of Electric Drive Systems

  • Natalia Koteleva,
  • Nikolay Korolev and
  • Margarita Kovalchuk

30 November 2025

This article presents a part of the industrial metaverse for electric drive system diagnostics. The advantages of using a low-code/no-code platform for electric drive systems diagnostics are demonstrated. Five diagnostic scenarios were developed, pro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,389 Views
18 Pages

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems undergo a period of rapid development in both civil and military scenarios. A major challenge in the malicious jamming environment is to guarantee the reliability of UAV communications links. Frequency hopping (F...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Communication and Networking)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
343 Views
15 Pages

A Modular Framework for Cloud-Based Educational Content Delivery Systems: Design, Implementation, and Quality Evaluation

  • Ritchfildjay L. Mariscal,
  • Reymark R. Boniza,
  • Diosdado T. Erandio and
  • Angelou S. Tupaz

10 August 2026

The increasing demand for scalable digital learning environments has created a need for cloud-based educational content delivery systems that support efficient resource management, platform accessibility, and quality-assured learning experiences. Whi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
8,790 Views
19 Pages

In the context of developing machine learning models, until and unless we have the required data engineering and machine learning development competencies as well as the time to train and test different machine learning models and tune their hyperpar...

(This article belongs to the Section Machine Learning)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
9,762 Views
31 Pages

KidBright: An Open-Source Embedded Programming Platform with a Dedicated Software Framework in Support of Ecosystems for Learning to Code

  • Surapol Tan-a-ram,
  • Anuchit Leelayuttho,
  • Somphong Kittipiyakul,
  • Wuthipong Pornsukjantra and ,
  • Thundluck Sereevoravitgul,
  • Apichart Intarapanich,
  • Saowaluck Kaewkamnerd and
  • Dusadee Treeumnuk
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

4 November 2022

The concept of coding at school has enabled educators and parents around the globe to become interested in coding as, these days, coding is regarded as a gateway to computational thinking for children. However, coding education in Thailand appears to...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,337 Views
37 Pages

Design and Evaluation of a Low-Code/No-Code Document Management and Approval System

  • Constantin Viorel Marian,
  • Mihnea Neferu and
  • Dan Alexandru Mitrea

4 January 2026

This paper presents the design, implementation, and evaluation of a low-code document management and approval system developed on the Microsoft Power Platform. The solution integrates Power Apps, Power Automate, SharePoint Online, and Azure Active Di...

(This article belongs to the Section Information Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4,293 Views
35 Pages

30 September 2025

Developing secure and well-structured web applications using Spring Boot presents a significant challenge, as it requires developers to manage multiple layers, employ framework-specific annotations, and ensure authentication, authorization, and compl...

(This article belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,217 Views
15 Pages

8 February 2026

In response to the growing need for accessible data analytics education among low-computing disciplines, this study presents the design, implementation, and outcomes of a no-coding graduate-level data analytics course offered within the Engineering M...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Theory and Research in Data Science Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,734 Views
12 Pages

No-Code Platform-Based Deep-Learning Models for Prediction of Colorectal Polyp Histology from White-Light Endoscopy Images: Development and Performance Verification

  • Eun Jeong Gong,
  • Chang Seok Bang,
  • Jae Jun Lee,
  • Seung In Seo and ,
  • Young Joo Yang,
  • Gwang Ho Baik and
  • Jong Wook Kim
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

12 June 2022

Background: The authors previously developed deep-learning models for the prediction of colorectal polyp histology (advanced colorectal cancer, early cancer/high-grade dysplasia, tubular adenoma with or without low-grade dysplasia, or non-neoplasm) f...

(This article belongs to the Section Personalized Therapy in Clinical Medicine)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,624 Views
26 Pages

This article presents a comparative analysis of four low or no-code location-based game (LBG) authoring tools, namely Taleblazer, Aris, Actionbound, and Locatify. Each tool is examined in detail, with an emphasis on the functions and capabilities it...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
399 Views
11 Pages

18 August 2026

The growing demand for scalable and cost-effective digital learning environments has increased interest in lightweight cloud-based learning management solutions that can support instructional delivery without the complexity and infrastructure require...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
8,077 Views
28 Pages

Data Spine: A Federated Interoperability Enabler for Heterogeneous IoT Platform Ecosystems

  • Rohit A. Deshmukh,
  • Dileepa Jayakody,
  • Alexander Schneider and
  • Violeta Damjanovic-Behrendt

10 June 2021

Today, the Internet of Things (IoT) is pervasive and characterized by the rapid growth of IoT platforms across different application domains, enabling a variety of business models and revenue streams. This opens new opportunities for companies to ext...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,085 Views
19 Pages

Cinco de Bio: A Low-Code Platform for Domain-Specific Workflows for Biomedical Imaging Research

  • Colm Brandon,
  • Steve Boßelmann,
  • Amandeep Singh,
  • Stephen Ryan and ,
  • Alexander Schieweck,
  • Eanna Fennell,
  • Bernhard Steffen and
  • Tiziana Margaria
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

Background: In biomedical imaging research, experimental biologists generate vast amounts of data that require advanced computational analysis. Breakthroughs in experimental techniques, such as multiplex immunofluorescence tissue imaging, enable deta...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers in Computational Biology and Medicine)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,397 Views
17 Pages

15 August 2025

The increasing demand for accessible and efficient machine learning solutions has led to the development of the Adaptive Learning Framework (ALF) for multi-class, single-label image classification. Unlike existing low-code tools, ALF integrates multi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
261 Views
25 Pages

28 September 2026

To address the challenges of complex programming, high physicaltesting costs, and lengthy development cycles in conventional diesel engine controller development, this paper describes the design and prototype implementation of an embedded simulation...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
7,724 Views
29 Pages

31 October 2011

Although much research in the area of Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks (WMSNs) has been done in recent years, the programming of sensor nodes is still time-consuming and tedious. It requires expertise in low-level programming, mainly because of th...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
6,695 Views
20 Pages

An Open-Source Web Platform for 3D Documentation and Storytelling of Hidden Cultural Heritage

  • Federica Gaspari,
  • Federico Barbieri,
  • Rebecca Fascia,
  • Francesco Ioli and
  • Livio Pinto

23 January 2024

The rapid evolution of the urban landscape highlights the need to digitally document the state and historical transformations of heritage sites in densely urbanised areas through the combination of different geomatics survey approaches. Moreover, it...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Building Information Modelling (BIM), Digital Twins and 3D Web Exploration for the Management, Enjoyment and Conservation of Cultural Heritage)
  • Technical Note
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,429 Views
22 Pages

A Low-Cost, Open-Source, Multi-Purpose Autonomous Surface Vehicle

  • Thomaz Augusto Kras Benatti,
  • Emerson Martins de Andrade,
  • Maicon Rodrigo Correa,
  • Felipe da Silva Lopes and ,
  • João Paulo Machado dos Santos Bernardino,
  • Joel Sena Sales and
  • Antonio Carlos Fernandes
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

16 December 2025

Autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs) have played a crucial role in various areas, including oceanographic research, environmental monitoring, and asset inspection. However, the high cost and proprietary nature of many platforms limit accessibility. Thu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs): Technology, Applications and Regulatory Landscapes)
  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
6,917 Views
20 Pages

“Transitivity”: A Code for Computing Kinetic and Related Parameters in Chemical Transformations and Transport Phenomena

  • Hugo G. Machado,
  • Flávio O. Sanches-Neto,
  • Nayara D. Coutinho,
  • Kleber C. Mundim and ,
  • Federico Palazzetti and
  • Valter H. Carvalho-Silva
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

25 September 2019

The Transitivity function, defined in terms of the reciprocal of the apparent activation energy, measures the propensity for a reaction to proceed and can provide a tool for implementing phenomenological kinetic models. Applications to systems which...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Fuzziness in Molecular, Supramolecular, and Systems Chemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,862 Views
21 Pages

30 January 2026

Industrial PLC programming faces persistent difficulties: lengthy development cycles, low fault tolerance, and cross-platform incompatibility among vendors. While LLMs show promise for automated code generation, their direct application is hindered b...

(This article belongs to the Section A: Computer Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,113 Views
12 Pages

In this work, an open-source computational–statistical platform to obtain synthetic homogeneous isotropic turbulent flow and passive scalar transport is presented. A parallel implementation of the well-known pseudo-spectral method in addition t...

(This article belongs to the Section Numerical and Computational Methods)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,357 Views
27 Pages

1 October 2025

Nowadays, Flutter with the Dart programming language has become widely popular in mobile developments, allowing developers to build multi-platform applications using one codebase. An increasing number of companies are adopting these technologies to c...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Transformative Approaches in Education: Harnessing AI, Augmented Reality, and Virtual Reality for Innovative Teaching and Learning)
  • Article
  • Open Access
567 Views
26 Pages

Design Optimization of Home Electric Vehicle Chargers Based on User Review Mining and Explainable Machine Learning

  • Yao Zhao,
  • Yujia Pan,
  • Jue Wang,
  • Zekun Lu and ,
  • Yulin Wang,
  • Shunhe Chen and
  • Kaida Chen
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

As electric vehicles become widespread, home EV chargers have emerged as a key interface between household energy use and daily mobility. However, their design optimization remains insufficiently informed by large-scale user feedback. This study deve...

(This article belongs to the Section Charging Infrastructure and Grid Integration)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,117 Views
27 Pages

25 April 2024

In the modern technological era of sophisticated applications and high-quality communications, a platform of clever strategy and quickly updated systems is needed. It should be capable of withstanding the fastest emerging problems like signal attenua...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sensor Applications for Military* and Public Use: The Duality into Action)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,414 Views
25 Pages

LocSys: A Low-Code Paradigm for the Development of Cyber-Physical Applications

  • Konstantinos Panayiotou,
  • Emmanouil Tsardoulias and
  • Andreas L. Symeonidis

25 June 2025

Application development for the cyber-physical systems (CPS) domain is considered a quite complex procedure, since it not only requires a high level of expertise but also deep knowledge of heterogeneous domains. On the other hand, modern low-code sol...

(This article belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
  • Article
  • Open Access
836 Views
16 Pages

Enhanced Exome Sequencing Improves the Genetic Diagnosis of Deafblindness

  • Guadalupe A. Cifuentes,
  • Marta Diñeiro,
  • Alicia R. Huete,
  • Raquel Capín and ,
  • Adrián Santiago,
  • Alberto A. R. Vargas,
  • Dido Carrero,
  • Julien Biscay,
  • Esther López Martínez and
  • Juan Cadiñanos
  • + 11 authors+ 6 authors

19 March 2026

Background/Objectives: The combination of hearing loss and visual impairment in a single patient strongly suggests a genetic aetiology. However, after conventional testing, a considerable proportion of deafblindness cases remain without a genetic dia...

(This article belongs to the Section Genetic Diagnosis)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,069 Views
25 Pages

Data Acquisition, Processing, and Aggregation in a Low-Cost IoT System for Indoor Environmental Quality Monitoring

  • Alberto Barbaro,
  • Pietro Chiavassa,
  • Virginia Isabella Fissore,
  • Antonio Servetti and ,
  • Erica Raviola,
  • Gustavo Ramírez-Espinosa,
  • Edoardo Giusto,
  • Bartolomeo Montrucchio,
  • Arianna Astolfi and
  • Franco Fiori
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

9 May 2024

The rapid spread of Internet of Things technologies has enabled a continuous monitoring of indoor environmental quality in office environments by integrating monitoring devices equipped with low-cost sensors and cloud platforms for data storage and v...

(This article belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,719 Views
14 Pages

SENSIPLUS-LM: A Low-Cost EIS-Enabled Microchip Enhanced with an Open-Source Tiny Machine Learning Toolchain

  • Michele Vitelli,
  • Gianni Cerro,
  • Luca Gerevini,
  • Gianfranco Miele and ,
  • Andrea Ria and
  • Mario Molinara
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

19 January 2023

The technological step towards sensors’ miniaturization, low-cost platforms, and evolved communication paradigms is rapidly moving the monitoring and computation tasks to the edge, causing the joint use of the Internet of Things (IoT) and machi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sensors and Smart Cities 2023)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,795 Views
20 Pages

Aligning Software Engineering Teaching Strategies and Practices with Industrial Needs

  • José Metrôlho,
  • Fernando Ribeiro,
  • Paula Graça,
  • Ana Mourato and ,
  • David Figueiredo and
  • Hugo Vilarinho
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Several approaches have been proposed to reduce the gap between software engineering education and the needs and practices of the software industry. Many of them aim to promote a more active learning attitude in students and provide them with more re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
657 Views
13 Pages

8 July 2026

With the expansion of the digital economy, platform-based content creation has become a common route through which young people participate in flexible employment. However, the occupational identity of young we-media bloggers remains unstable because...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,766 Views
11 Pages

E1-E6 SDR Platform Based on BladeRF for Testing Galileo-Assisted Commercial Authentication Service

  • Rafael Terris-Gallego,
  • Ignacio Fernandez-Hernandez,
  • José A. López-Salcedo and
  • Gonzalo Seco-Granados

29 October 2023

To enhance the robustness of the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) against malicious attacks (e.g., spoofing), the European Galileo is working on new services, like Open Service Navigation Message Authentication (OSNMA), which provides authen...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of European Navigation Conference ENC 2023)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,209 Views
24 Pages

The growing use of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence across sectors has shown strong potential to improve decision-making processes. However, the adoption of ML by non-technical professionals remains limited due to the complexity of t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,765 Views
14 Pages

28 February 2022

Floating offshore wind turbine foundations are based on platforms operated by the oil and gas industry. However, they are designed and optimized to meet the wind turbines’ operating criteria. Although Malaysia is considered a low-wind-speed cou...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Design and Analysis of Offshore Structures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
207 Views
31 Pages

12 October 2026

Commercial power electronics laboratory platforms remain either prohibitively expensive or limited to a single converter topology, restricting student exposure to modern digital control challenges. This paper presents a versatile, low-cost didactic p...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Technologies in Power Electronics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,761 Views
49 Pages

1 January 2026

The increasing complexity and digitization of scientific research require Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELNs) that are adaptable, sustainable, and compliant across heterogeneous laboratory environments. In response to the limitations of proprietar...

(This article belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,078 Views
27 Pages

22 June 2026

Smart labels are emerging as a key enabling technology for product traceability, environmental monitoring, and user interaction within Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystems. This work presents the design and experimental validation of a low-power smart...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue RFID and Applications of RF/Microwave Circuits and Systems)

of 3