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Blockchain-Based Federated Machine Learning for Solving IoT Security Problems
Published in Arun Solanki, Vishal Jain, Loveleen Gaur, Applications of Blockchain and Big Iot Systems, 2023
Divya, Vikram Singh, Naveen Dahiya
These smart devices have been used in a wide range of application areas viz., healthcare, transportation, industrial control, commerce, agriculture, energy, etc., to name a few [8]. All these and many more such interesting applications have mesmerized big tech giants like Amazon, Cisco, IBM, Apple, Google, Microsoft, etc., to jump into the field of IoT in the past few years. The European project Unify-IoT has identified that in the current market scenario, there are more than 300 IoT platforms, with an ever-increasing number. Having so many platforms, each with different infrastructures, protocols, interfaces, formats, and standards, the need for interoperability is growing day-by-day. McKinsey analysis [1] signifies the importance of having interoperability by highlighting the threat its absence creates to the economic values. The major application areas are described in Figure 2.1.
What is the Smart Grid?
Published in Clark W. Gellings, The Smart Grid: Enabling Energy Efficiency and Demand Response, 2020
Realizing the ElectriNetSM depends on developing the Intel-liGridSM (see Chapter 6) communications architecture to enable connectivity between each element of the ElectriNetSM with requirements for developing agent-based software systems, which can facilitate the informational, financial, and physical transactions necessary to assure adequate reliability, efficiency, security, and stability of power systems operating in competitive electricity markets. In addition, the architectural requirements will be designed to support multiple operational criteria, including analysis and response to electrical grid contingencies, pricing, and other market/system conditions. The goals of the architecture are to allow for interoperability and flexibility to facilitate and enable competitive transactions to occur. Interoperability can be enabled by the use of open communication protocols. Flexibility can be provided by the specification of user-defined business rules which capture the unique needs of various service offerings.
Interoperability
Published in Vivek Kale, Digital Transformation of Enterprise Architecture, 2019
Interoperability is the ability of interaction between two or more systems so as to achieve some goal without having to know the uniqueness of the interacting systems. Interoperability allows some form of interaction between two or more systems so as to achieve some goal without having to know the uniqueness of the interacting systems. The IEEE defines it as the ability of two or more systems or components to exchange information and to use the information that has been exchanged. ISO defines it as the capability to communicate, execute programs, or transfer data among various functional units in a manner that requires the user to have little or no knowledge of the unique characteristics of those units. Interoperability is the ability of systems to provide and receive services from other systems and to use the services so interchanged to enable them to operate effectively together.
Universal manufacturing: enablers, properties, and models
Published in International Journal of Production Research, 2022
Connectivity and interoperability of manufacturing models and data sharing are key to the success of universal manufacturing. Standards are needed to facilitate systems interoperability. A candidate standard for data collection of manufacturing-as-a-service and other services is MTConnect. MTConnect (ANSI/MTC1.4-2018) is an open and free of charge standard supporting interoperability between devices, sensors, and software applications by publishing data over a network. By establishing an open and extensible communication, MTConnect facilitates the exchange of data between the workpiece, sensors (including personnel data), and shop-floor equipment and tools (low level in the manufacturing hierarchy) and the high-level design and process planning applications. It is expected that over time third-party solution providers will develop software and hardware products based on the MTConnect standard for seamless interoperability across the entire enterprise and beyond.
Identifying How Nonfunctional Attributes Affect a System’s Lifecycle
Published in Engineering Management Journal, 2021
James R. Enos, John V. Farr, Roshanak R. Nilchiani
Several attributes of systems influence the decision to retire or extend the life of DoD systems to include changeability, interoperability, robustness and versatility. Changeability provides a means to upgrade a system’s capabilities through either extensibility, adding new capability, or flexibility, upgrades to an existing capability. These changes allow for improvements to other critical nonfunctional attributes of DoD systems. Improvements to interoperability allow legacy systems to improve their information flows, shared resources, or physical connections with other legacy systems or newly developed systems. Robustness allows systems to continue to provide value to the DoD despite environmental or threat changes. Finally, the versatility of a system allows the DoD to use systems for an operational activity that it was not designed for and continue to provide value to the DoD. These attributes not only influence the decision to retire or extend the life of a DoD system, but they also provide a basis for calculating the real system age of a system.
Why corporate groups care about company standards
Published in International Journal of Production Research, 2020
In the course of global integration, international firms face despite trends towards harmonisation (Ghadge et al. 2019) strong pressures to adapt their products to local consumer needs and to achieve cost efficiency in order to compete with global competitors. The reduction of communication and transaction cost facilitates the further differentiation of the value-chains and opens up opportunities to develop complex international strategies. By codifying information, specifying requirements and increasing interoperability, standards play a crucial role in the success of such operations. Corporate groups,particularly benefit from the application of company standards. If value-chain activities become more complex and include company-specific know-how and resources, company standards can act as a tool for coordinating internal interfaces and integrating subsidiaries worldwide. They transfer information and knowledge, thereby keeping high-value assets within the boundaries of the firm and facilitating the exploitation of competitive advantages abroad. Internal standardisation supports the development of a strong corporate culture and allows a more effective monitoring of subsidiary performance. Better quality assurance increases customer satisfaction and loyalty, and thereby improves the global image of the firm. Standardisation of product specifications facilitates modularisation and the development of product platforms, which increases flexibility, while efficiency gains can still be achieved.