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  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,710 Views
19 Pages

16 October 2021

The open platform communications unified architecture (OPC UA) is a major industry-standard middleware based on the request–reply pattern, and the data distribution service (DDS) is an industry standard in the publish–subscribe form. The OPC UA canno...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,132 Views
27 Pages

20 February 2023

The concept of Digital Twin is of fundamental importance to meet the main requirements of Industry 4.0. Among the standards currently available to realize Digital Twins there is the Digital Twins Definition Language. Digital Twin requires exchange of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,612 Views
30 Pages

31 August 2022

Recently, as new threats from attackers are discovered, the damage and scale of these threats are increasing. Vulnerabilities should be identified early, and countermeasures should be implemented to solve this problem. However, there are limitations...

  • Review
  • Open Access
94 Citations
11,731 Views
29 Pages

A Literature Survey on Open Platform Communications (OPC) Applied to Advanced Industrial Environments

  • Isaías González,
  • Antonio José Calderón,
  • João Figueiredo and
  • João M. C. Sousa

Extensive digitization and interconnection through networks have ushered in a number of new paradigms over the last years: Internet of Things, cyber–physical systems, Industry 4.0, etc. These challenging systems rely on an effective information...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
4,482 Views
24 Pages

The introduction of the Industrial Internet of Things in the factory environment is one of the most important features of the fourth industrial revolution. The main aim is the integration of sensor and actuator devices, based on the Internet of Thing...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,746 Views
7 Pages

7 December 2023

Standardization and collaborative integration are fundamental for the implementation of Industry 4.0. The Open Communication Platform Unified Architecture (OPC UA) standard plays a crucial role in communication by enabling the development of heteroge...

  • Article
  • Open Access
59 Citations
9,706 Views
21 Pages

14 January 2021

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is at the heart of the smart city approach, which constitutes the next level of cities’ and communities’ development across the globe. Thereby, ICT serves as the gluing component enabling dif...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
10,391 Views
16 Pages

1 November 2016

The open-platform communication (OPC) unified architecture (UA) (IEC62541) is introduced as a key technology for realizing a variety of smart grid (SG) use cases enabling relevant automation and control tasks. The OPC UA can expand interoperability b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,873 Views
20 Pages

10 July 2023

Arguing and communicating are basic skills in the mathematics curriculum. Making arguments in written form facilitates rigorous reasoning. It allows peers to review arguments, and to receive feedback about them. Even though it requires additional cog...

  • Article
  • Open Access
65 Citations
9,992 Views
20 Pages

Automated Design and Integration of Asset Administration Shells in Components of Industry 4.0

  • Jakub Arm,
  • Tomas Benesl,
  • Petr Marcon,
  • Zdenek Bradac,
  • Tizian Schröder,
  • Alexander Belyaev,
  • Thomas Werner,
  • Vlastimil Braun,
  • Pavel Kamensky and
  • Premysl Dohnal
  • + 2 authors

12 March 2021

One of the central concepts in the principles of Industry 4.0 relates to the methodology for designing and implementing the digital shell of the manufacturing process components. This concept, the Asset Administration Shell (AAS), embodies a systemat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,177 Views
20 Pages

3 September 2022

Open platform communications (OPC) unified architecture (UA) is a communication standard increasingly used in industrial automation systems to enable the exchanging of control and management data between distributed entities. This paper proposes the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
8,922 Views
12 Pages

Process Modelling of Geothermal Drilling System Using Digital Twin for Real-Time Monitoring and Control

  • Nahashon O. Osinde,
  • Jean B. Byiringiro,
  • Michael M. Gichane and
  • Hasan Smajic

17 August 2019

Currently, Kenya supplies its energy demand predominantly through hydroelectric power, which fluctuates due to poor and unpredictable rainfall in particular years. Geothermal energy is proposed as a clean and reliable energy source in meeting Kenya&r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
2,282 Views
33 Pages

Constrained Dynamic Matrix Control under International Electrotechnical Commission Standard 61499 and the Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture

  • Sergio Bustos-Pulluquitin,
  • Gustavo Caiza,
  • Mayra Llumitasig-Galarza,
  • Maritza Castro-Mayorga,
  • Clara Sánchez-Benítez and
  • Marcelo V. Garcia

3 August 2023

This paper focuses on the implementation of a constrained Dynamic Matrix Control (DMC) approach within the level processes of the FESTO™ MPS-PA Compact Workstation plant in the context of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) paradigm. The g...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,177 Views
22 Pages

Low-Cost, Open-Source, Experimental Setup Communication Platform for Emergencies, Based on SD-WAN Technology

  • Vasileios Cheimaras,
  • Spyridon Papagiakoumos,
  • Nikolaos Peladarinos,
  • Athanasios Trigkas,
  • Panagiotis Papageorgas,
  • Dimitrios D. Piromalis and
  • Radu A. Munteanu

2 May 2024

The rapid advancement of communication technologies underscores the urgent need for robust and adaptable emergency communication systems (ECSs), particularly crucial during crises and natural disasters. Although network-based ECSs have been extensive...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
11,044 Views
46 Pages

To face contemporary problems, international engineers must be trained in advanced learning environments and with professional skills and knowledge. Sponsored by USAID (US Agency for International Development), the Build-IT (Building University-Indus...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
10,054 Views
28 Pages

Communication and Control of an Assembly, Disassembly and Repair Flexible Manufacturing Technology on a Mechatronics Line Assisted by an Autonomous Robotic System

  • Dan Ionescu,
  • Adrian Filipescu,
  • Georgian Simion,
  • Eugenia Mincă,
  • Daniela Cernega,
  • Răzvan Șolea and
  • Adriana Filipescu

This paper aims to describe modeling and control in what concerns advanced manufacturing technology running on a flexible assembly, disassembly and repair on a mechatronic line (A/D/RML) assisted by an Autonomous Robotic System (ARS), two robotic man...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,401 Views
12 Pages

16 June 2023

This study applies a social transformation perspective and aims to provide a conceptual framework for different innovation-driven communities and platforms designed to answer complex problems. Based on the SDG goal # 17 (The United Nations Sustainabl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,228 Views
26 Pages

26 September 2024

Fifth-generation (5G) sensor networks are critical enablers of Industry 4.0, facilitating real-time monitoring and control of industrial processes. However, significant challenges to their deployment in industrial settings remain, such as a lack of s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,110 Views
12 Pages

Developing a Sustainable Online Platform for Language Learning across Europe

  • Alexander Mikroyannidis,
  • Maria Perifanou and
  • Anastasios A. Economides

In this paper, we present a sustainable approach for addressing the language skills gap among EU citizens, which significantly hinders their mobility across the EU and their participation in education, in training, as well as in youth programmes. Our...

  • Article
  • Open Access
68 Citations
13,716 Views
21 Pages

The openEO API–Harmonising the Use of Earth Observation Cloud Services Using Virtual Data Cube Functionalities

  • Matthias Schramm,
  • Edzer Pebesma,
  • Milutin Milenković,
  • Luca Foresta,
  • Jeroen Dries,
  • Alexander Jacob,
  • Wolfgang Wagner,
  • Matthias Mohr,
  • Markus Neteler and
  • Johannes Reiche
  • + 7 authors

16 March 2021

At present, accessing and processing Earth Observation (EO) data on different cloud platforms requires users to exercise distinct communication strategies as each backend platform is designed differently. The openEO API (Application Programming Inter...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,612 Views
26 Pages

This paper explores how digital crowdsourcing platforms communicate sustainability-oriented innovation and mobilise stakeholder engagement. Through a directed content analysis of three platforms (OpenIDEO, San Francisco, CA, USA; Enel Innovation Hub,...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
25 Citations
10,354 Views
19 Pages

Internet of Things Platforms for Academic Research and Development: A Critical Review

  • Luca De Nardis,
  • Alireza Mohammadpour,
  • Giuseppe Caso,
  • Usman Ali and
  • Maria-Gabriella Di Benedetto

19 February 2022

Tens of different IoT platforms are currently available on the market as a result of the high interest in IoT, characterized by very different characteristics in terms of utilization models, features and availability. This paper provides a review of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
7,524 Views
19 Pages

Improving Institutional Repositories through User-Centered Design: Indicators from a Focus Group

  • Laura Icela González-Pérez,
  • María Soledad Ramírez-Montoya and
  • Francisco José García-Peñalvo

2 November 2021

User experience with intuitive and flexible digital platforms can be enjoyable and satisfying. A strategy to deliver such an experience is to place the users at the center of the design process and analyze their beliefs and perceptions to add appropr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
8,667 Views
20 Pages

Digital Transformation of Agriculture through the Use of an Interoperable Platform

  • Juan Antonio López-Morales,
  • Juan Antonio Martínez and
  • Antonio F. Skarmeta

20 February 2020

The continuous evolution of the agricultural sector justifies the incorporation and adaptation of the latest technologies. Nowadays, managing crops is possible through Internet-based technologies. Their application allows for the exploitation of info...

  • Article
  • Open Access
98 Citations
16,151 Views
17 Pages

Biochips, or digital labs-on-chip, are developed with the purpose of being used by laboratory technicians or biologists in laboratories or clinics. In this article, we expand this vision with the goal of enabling everyone, regardless of their experti...

  • Abstract
  • Open Access
247 Views
2 Pages

The environmental and social impacts of open-pit mining in Colombia’s Caribbean region have underscored the urgency of adopting inclusive and innovative solutions for environmental risk management [...]

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,411 Views
13 Pages

Responding to Global Learning Needs during a Pandemic: An Analysis of the Trends in Platform Use and Incidence of COVID-19

  • Heini Utunen,
  • Richelle George,
  • Ngouille Ndiaye,
  • Melissa Attias,
  • Corentin Piroux and
  • Gaya Gamhewage

22 November 2020

On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to be a pandemic. As a result, the OpenWHO.org online platform, which serves as WHO’s learning hub for emergencies, was tested for the...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,948 Views
31 Pages

Emerging Industrial Internet of Things Open-Source Platforms and Applications in Diverse Sectors

  • Eyuel Debebe Ayele,
  • Stylianos Gavriel,
  • Javier Ferreira Gonzalez,
  • Wouter B. Teeuw,
  • Panayiotis Philimis and
  • Ghayoor Gillani

14 May 2024

Revolutionary advances in technology have been seen in many industries, with the IIoT being a prime example. The IIoT creates a network of interconnected devices, allowing smooth communication and interoperability in industrial settings. This not onl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,500 Views
19 Pages

12 September 2022

The online healthcare community has grown rapidly in recent years. However, the antecedents and consequences of the use of online healthcare community platforms have not been systematized. Using grounded theory, this study collects first-hand data on...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,181 Views
19 Pages

23 September 2022

Smart and sustainable communities seek to ensure comfortable and sustainable quality of life for community residents, the environment and the landscape. Pollution is a key factor affecting quality of life within a community. This research provides a...

  • Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
6,337 Views
35 Pages

A Thorough Review and Comparison of Commercial and Open-Source IoT Platforms for Smart City Applications

  • Nikolaos Monios,
  • Nikolaos Peladarinos,
  • Vasileios Cheimaras,
  • Panagiotis Papageorgas and
  • Dimitrios D. Piromalis

In this paper, we conducted a state-of-the-art survey on the current state of IoT platforms suitable for the development of smart city (SC) applications. Both commercial and open-source IoT platforms are presented and compared, addressing various sig...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
8,824 Views
27 Pages

AmI and Deployment Considerations in AAL Services Provision for Elderly Independent Living: The MonAMI Project

  • Jorge L. Falcó,
  • Esteban Vaquerizo,
  • Luis Lain,
  • Jose Ignacio Artigas and
  • Alejandro Ibarz

12 July 2013

The MonAMI project aims to investigate the feasibility of the deployment of open platforms for Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) services provision based on Ambient Intelligence (AmI) and to test user acceptance and the usability of the services. Service...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
4,336 Views
16 Pages

Today, Industry 4.0 technologies, such as Big Data analytics and mobile technologies, are forcing firms to seek new ways to create and deliver customer value. We argue that the Android project, one of the most successful open-source digital platforms...

  • Letter
  • Open Access
3 Citations
7,573 Views
6 Pages

On the Potential of Preprints in Geochemistry: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

  • Olivier Pourret,
  • Dasapta Erwin Irawan and
  • Jonathan P. Tennant

21 April 2020

In recent years, the pace of the dissemination of scientific information has increased. In this context, the possibility and value of sharing open access (OA) online manuscripts in their preprint form seem to be growing in many scientific fields. Mor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,919 Views
15 Pages

23 November 2019

In less developed areas, the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to coordinate disaster response is hindered by a lack of geospatial preparedness. Humanitarian missions often rely on OpenStreetMap as a source of information to overcome this l...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,279 Views
13 Pages

An Open Data and Citizen Science Approach to Building Resilience to Natural Hazards in a Data-Scarce Remote Mountainous Part of Nepal

  • Binod Prasad Parajuli,
  • Prakash Khadka,
  • Preshika Baskota,
  • Puja Shakya,
  • Wei Liu,
  • Uttam Pudasaini,
  • Roniksh B.C.,
  • Jonathan D. Paul,
  • Wouter Buytaert and
  • Sumit Vij

13 November 2020

The citizen science approach has gained momentum in recent years. It can enable both experts and citizen scientists to co-create new knowledge. Better understanding of local environmental, social, and geographical contexts can help in designing appro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
12,258 Views
24 Pages

A Novel OpenBCI Framework for EEG-Based Neurophysiological Experiments

  • Yeison Nolberto Cardona-Álvarez,
  • Andrés Marino Álvarez-Meza,
  • David Augusto Cárdenas-Peña,
  • Germán Albeiro Castaño-Duque and
  • German Castellanos-Dominguez

6 April 2023

An Open Brain–Computer Interface (OpenBCI) provides unparalleled freedom and flexibility through open-source hardware and firmware at a low-cost implementation. It exploits robust hardware platforms and powerful software development kits to cre...

  • Review
  • Open Access
45 Citations
12,388 Views
19 Pages

With the increasing availability of affordable open-source embedded hardware platforms, the development of low-cost programmable devices for uncountable tasks has accelerated in recent years. In this sense, the large development community that is bei...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
10,267 Views
22 Pages

As fifth-generation mobile communication systems give rise to new smart grid technologies, such as distributed energy resources, advanced communication systems, the Internet of Things, and big data analytics, the development of novel platforms and bu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
512 Citations
20,499 Views
17 Pages

What Disease Does This Patient Have? A Large-Scale Open Domain Question Answering Dataset from Medical Exams

  • Di Jin,
  • Eileen Pan,
  • Nassim Oufattole,
  • Wei-Hung Weng,
  • Hanyi Fang and
  • Peter Szolovits

12 July 2021

Open domain question answering (OpenQA) tasks have been recently attracting more and more attention from the natural language processing (NLP) community. In this work, we present the first free-form multiple-choice OpenQA dataset for solving medical...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
5,751 Views
15 Pages

Open-Source Hardware Platforms for Smart Converters with Cloud Connectivity

  • Massimo Merenda,
  • Demetrio Iero,
  • Giovanni Pangallo,
  • Paolo Falduto,
  • Giovanna Adinolfi,
  • Angelo Merola,
  • Giorgio Graditi and
  • Francesco G. Della Corte

This paper presents the design and hardware implementation of open-source hardware dedicated to smart converter systems development. Smart converters are simple or interleaved converters. They are equipped with controllers that are able to online imp...

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
278 Views
4 Pages

Eye Tracking and Usability Research: An Introduction to the Special Issue

  • Sebastian Pannasch,
  • Jens R. Helmert and
  • Boris M. Velichkovsky

26 November 2008

Undoubtedly, there is a great potential for the eye movement research community with the ECEM as face-to-face platform and the JEMR as open access journal to bridge the gap between basic knowledge and experimen-tal procedures, on the one hand, and th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
6,326 Views
16 Pages

A Fully Open Source Remote Laboratory for Practical Learning

  • Bastien Letowski,
  • Camille Lavayssière,
  • Benoît Larroque,
  • Martin Schröder and
  • Franck Luthon

3 November 2020

Nowadays, communication and web services are part of our lives, including education, and e-learning applications are used more and more. However, teaching in engineering sciences requires an important amount of practical experiments. Hence, remote la...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
60 Citations
19,678 Views
12 Pages

From IFC to 3D Tiles: An Integrated Open-Source Solution for Visualising BIMs on Cesium

  • Yiqun Chen,
  • Erfan Shooraj,
  • Abbas Rajabifard and
  • Soheil Sabri

The 3D Tiles specification, created by Cesium, is designed for streaming massive heterogeneous three-dimensional (3D) geospatial datasets online using WebGL technology. The program has prevailed in the WebGIS community due to its ability to visualise...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,917 Views
23 Pages

2 March 2023

Arduino is an open-source electronics platform based on cheap hardware and the easy-to-use software Integrated Development Environment (IDE). Nowadays, because of its open-source nature and its simple and accessible user experience, Arduino is ubiqui...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,998 Views
25 Pages

25 November 2014

By the Aarhus Convention (1998) it is recognized the right of citizens to get access to and influence decision-making in respect to issues affecting the state of the environment. More specifically, in Article 8 it is stated that public authorities ar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,513 Views
17 Pages

Social Justice: The Golden Thread in the Openness Movement

  • Reggie Raju,
  • Jill Claassen and
  • Kaela De Lillie

The current publishing landscape perpetuates biases that continue to exclude those who have been previously marginalized, specifically from the Global South including Africa. Incorporating philanthropy as the only driving principle to openly share kn...

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
707 Views
3 Pages

It’s Been a Decade: The Swiss Young Neurosurgeons Society

  • M Murek,
  • A Jilch,
  • A El-Rahal,
  • I Zubak,
  • C Fung,
  • J Abu-Isa,
  • J Fichtner,
  • B Actor,
  • N Khan and
  • P Schucht
  • + 3 authors

The Swiss Young Neurosurgeons Society (SYNS) comes to life in 2008, creating a community renowned for its unique spirit, a platform dedicated to lifelong teaching and learning. In 2008, a small group of Swiss residents found a cross-canton training p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
13,084 Views
20 Pages

In the automotive industry, research is now underway to apply Adaptive Automotive Open System Architecture (AUTOSAR) to the development of next-generation mobility, such as autonomous driving and connected cars. However, research on autonomous drivin...

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