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    Intelligent ERPS: a guide to incorporate artificial intelligence into enterprise resource planning systems

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    Dissertation presented as the partial requirement for obtaining a Master's degree in Information Management, specialization in Knowledge Management and Business IntelligenceIntelligent ERPs (Enterprise Resource Planning) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are two emerging subjects in the academic and organizational spaces. The simple fact of using intelligent tools into ERPs or around it is something that happens a long time. However, in this dissertation, we analyze the new concept of Intelligent Enterprises, most specifically Intelligent ERPs. This new idea aims to be a kind of approach capable of joining different concepts like RPA (Robotic Process Automation), Machine Learning, UX (User Experience), Advanced Analytics, and Dark Analytics in a single integrated information system. Through the use of Design Science Research (DSR) methodology, this research aims to identify the most acceptable definition of an Intelligent ERP, the relation of this concept with Intelligent Enterprises, and the contribution of Artificial Intelligence to the systems. Besides that, we will analyze the actual scenario and propose new kinds of approaches and architectures to add features that can enhance the systems and make it more useful and related to cognitive and intelligent systems.ERPs inteligentes (Planejamento de Recursos Empresariais) e Inteligência Artificial (IA) são dois assuntos emergentes nos espaços acadêmicos e empresariais. O simples fato de usar ferramentas inteligentes nos ERPs ou em torno destes é algo que acontece há muito tempo. No entanto, nesta dissertação, analisamos o novo conceito de Empresas Inteligentes, mais especificamente os ERPs Inteligentes. Essa nova idéia visa ser um tipo de abordagem capaz de unir diferentes conceitos como RPA (Automação de Processo Robótico), Aprendizado de Máquina, UX (Experiência do Usuário), Análises Avançadas e Análises Profundas em um único sistema de informação integrado. Com o uso da metodologia de Desenho de Pesquisa Científica (DSR), esta tese tem como objetivo identificar a definição mais aceitável de um ERP Inteligente, a relação desse conceito com as Empresas Inteligentes e a contribuição da Inteligência Artificial para os sistemas. Além disto, analisaremos o cenário atual e proporemos novos tipos de abordagens e arquiteturas para adicionar recursos que podem aprimorar os sistemas e torná-los mais úteis e relacionados a sistemas cognitivos e inteligentes

    Robotic Process Automation - A Systematic Mapping Study and Classification Framework

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    Robotic Process Automation (RPA) deals with the automation of rule-based process tasks to increase process efficiency and to reduce process costs. Due to the utmost importance of business process automation in industry, RPA attracts increasing attention in the scientific field as well. This paper presents the state-of-the-art in the RPA field by means of a Systematic Mapping Study (SMS). In this SMS, 63 publications are identified, categorised, and analysed along well-defined research questions. From the SMS findings, additionally, a framework for systematically analysing, assessing, and comparing existing as well as upcoming RPA works is derived. The discovered thematic clusters suggest further investigations in order to develop a more elaborated structural research approach for RPA

    Visual Localisation of Mobile Devices in an Indoor Environment under Network Delay Conditions

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    Current progresses in home automation and service robotic environment have highlighted the need to develop interoperability mechanisms that allow a standard communication between the two systems. During the development of the DHCompliant protocol, the problem of locating mobile devices in an indoor environment has been investigated. The communication of the device with the location service has been carried out to study the time delay that web services offer in front of the sockets. The importance of obtaining data from real-time location systems portends that a basic tool for interoperability, such as web services, can be ineffective in this scenario because of the delays added in the invocation of services. This paper is focused on introducing a web service to resolve a coordinates request without any significant delay in comparison with the sockets

    Improving lifecycle query in integrated toolchains using linked data and MQTT-based data warehousing

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    The development of increasingly complex IoT systems requires large engineering environments. These environments generally consist of tools from different vendors and are not necessarily integrated well with each other. In order to automate various analyses, queries across resources from multiple tools have to be executed in parallel to the engineering activities. In this paper, we identify the necessary requirements on such a query capability and evaluate different architectures according to these requirements. We propose an improved lifecycle query architecture, which builds upon the existing Tracked Resource Set (TRS) protocol, and complements it with the MQTT messaging protocol in order to allow the data in the warehouse to be kept updated in real-time. As part of the case study focusing on the development of an IoT automated warehouse, this architecture was implemented for a toolchain integrated using RESTful microservices and linked data.Comment: 12 pages, worksho

    Synthesis about a collaborative project on “Technology Assessment of Autonomous Systems”

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    The project started in 2009 with the support of DAAD in Germany and CRUP in Portugal under the “Collaborative German-Portuguese University Actions” programme. One central goal is the further development of a theory of technology assessment applied to robotics and autonomous systems in general that reflects in its methodology the changing conditions of knowledge production in modern societies and the emergence of new robotic technologies and of associated disruptive changes. Relevant topics here are handling broadened future horizons and new clusters of science and technology (medicine, engineering, interfaces, industrial automation, micro-devices, security and safety), as well as new governance structures in policy decision making concerning research and development (R&D).Robotic systems, Autonomous systems, Technology assessment, Germany, Portugal

    Continuous maintenance and the future – Foundations and technological challenges

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    High value and long life products require continuous maintenance throughout their life cycle to achieve required performance with optimum through-life cost. This paper presents foundations and technologies required to offer the maintenance service. Component and system level degradation science, assessment and modelling along with life cycle ‘big data’ analytics are the two most important knowledge and skill base required for the continuous maintenance. Advanced computing and visualisation technologies will improve efficiency of the maintenance and reduce through-life cost of the product. Future of continuous maintenance within the Industry 4.0 context also identifies the role of IoT, standards and cyber security

    Managing Complexity with the Department of Defense Architecture Framework: Development of a Dynamic System Architecture Model

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    Architecture frameworks are tools for managing system complexity by structuring data in a common language and format. By characterizing the form, function, and rules governing systems, architecture frameworks serve as a communication tool to stakeholder communities with different views of the system and facilitate comparative evaluation across architectures. The goal of this research is to explore the applicability of architecture frameworks to the study of emergent properties of satellites. The U.S. Department of Defense Architecture Framework was selected to achieve this goal given its orientation towards technical systems in contrast to the majority of architecture frameworks focused on business enterprises. Although developed by military planners in the 1990’s to support the acquisition of interoperable information systems, the Department of Defense Architecture Framework can be used to connect operational concepts and capabilities to the technical architecture of any system. While the views of the Department of Defense Architecture Framework are well-defined, little guidance is provided on how the views are to be constructed. Vitech Corporation’s software program CORE,® a systems engineering modeling tool with the ability rapidly to produce architecture views from a common data repository, was employed to complete Department of Defense Architecture Frameworks for the Hubble Space Telescope. Upon characterizing Hubble within this common structure, the value of the Department of Defense Architecture Framework for conducting dynamic quantitative analyses of system architectures was explored. A methodology is proposed and tested for evaluating human and robotic architectures for on-orbit servicing—the extension of the useful life of spacecraft through refueling, upgrading, repair, relocation, et al. In particular, a multi-year servicing campaign is modeled for Hubble including behavioral threads that characterize the Orbiting Observatory, servicing architecture, and science customers. Preliminary results indicate that, when coupled with an executable model, the Department of Defense Architecture Framework can be utilized for dynamic quantitative evaluation of space system architectures. The paper concludes with lessons learned from using the Department of Defense Architecture Framework and proposes improvements for the application of its static views to model-based systems engineering
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