Virtual Reality Games for Motor Rehabilitation

This paper presents a fuzzy logic based method to track user satisfaction without the need for devices to monitor users physiological conditions. User satisfaction is the key to any product’s acceptance; computer applications and video games provide a unique opportunity to provide a tailored environment for each user to better suit their needs. We have implemented a non-adaptive fuzzy logic model of emotion, based on the emotional component of the Fuzzy Logic Adaptive Model of Emotion (FLAME) proposed by El-Nasr, to estimate player emotion in UnrealTournament 2004. In this paper we describe the implementation of this system and present the results of one of several play tests. Our research contradicts the current literature that suggests physiological measurements are needed. We show that it is possible to use a software only method to estimate user emotion

Assessment of critical success factors transformation in ERP projects

The high value of ERP projects for business, as well as the high risks associated with these projects implementation, requires studying the success drivers of ERP projects and developing a methodology to assess potential transformation of success factors into risk factors in a phased project diagnosis on different life cycle stages. The paper defines and systematizes the key factors, which influence the results of ERP system implementation. The main approaches used are as follows: logical modeling, statistical techniques, heuristic techniques, such as questionnaires, interviews of representative groups of IT project managers, human resource managers, heads of technical and business units, that allowed to authors prove the most important critical success factors relating to human resources management. Research of the 22 autonomous critical factors grouped by key players and activities; the authors defined two independent criteria that determine the nature of critical factors effects on project results and present a methodology to assess the potential human-related (“soft”) critical success factors of ERP projects and their transformation into factors of risk. The results could be of use to business executives, business consultants, managers and professionals, providing them with an effective tool to identify and eliminate causes that threaten the project success. © 2016 Pecherskaya et al

RBPMN: A role-based BPMN for integrating structure and behavior models

Digitalization transforms business processes substantially due to increasing customer demands for flexibility, new technologies (e.g., Intelligent Technologies) and emerging markets. Business process models are used to understand current processes and provide guidance for process improvements. A role-based extension of the de-facto standard business process modeling language BPMN is proposed that can support the business transformation and other modeling challenges. Bachmann and Daya (1977) introduced roles, which provide the basis for the extension. Steimann (2000) and Kühn (2017) increased the understanding of roles and provided an overview of roles' versatility. This work incorporates roles in business process modeling, thereby closing the gap between structural and behavioral modeling.:Contents List of figures II List of tables III 1 Introduction 1 2 Background 1 3 Business Process Modeling Challenges 3 3.1 Variety of Performers 3 3.2 Adaptability 4 3.3 Context-Awareness 4 4 Proposing Roles as a Solution 5 5 The Role-based Business Process Model and Notation 7 5.1 BPMN Extension Mechanism 8 5.2 Composition of Roles in a Business Process 9 5.2.1 Active Roles 9 5.2.2 Passive Roles 9 5.3 Connector Elements 10 5.3.1 Role Prohibition 10 5.3.2 Role Inheritance 10 5.3.3 Role Condition 10 5.4 Location Role 10 5.5 Role Start Event 10 5.6 Gateways 11 5.7 RBPMN Syntax 11 5.8 Process Role Hierarchy 12 6 Role-Feature Integration 12 7 Modeling Case Study 14 8 Discussion 16 9 Conclusion 17 10 Acknowledgments 18 References I

Advances in Production Management Systems: Issues, Trends, and Vision Towards 2030

Since its inception in 1978, the IFIP Working Group (WG) 5.7 on Advances in Production Management Systems (APMS) has played an active role in the fields of production and production management. The Working Group has focused on the conception, development, strategies, frameworks, architectures, processes, methods, and tools needed for the advancement of both fields. The associated standards created by the IFIP WG5.7 have always been impacted by the latest developments of scientific rigour, academic research, and industrial practices. The most recent of those developments involves the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which is having remarkable (r)evolutionary and disruptive changes in both the fields and the standards. These changes are triggered by the fusion of advanced operational and informational technologies, innovative operating and business models, as well as social and environmental pressures for more sustainable production systems. This chapter reviews past, current, and future issues and trends to establish a coherent vision and research agenda for the IFIP WG5.7 and its international community. The chapter covers a wide range of production aspects and resources required to design, engineer, and manage the next generation of sustainable and smart production systems.acceptedVersio

Semantic discovery and reuse of business process patterns

Patterns currently play an important role in modern information systems (IS) development and their use has mainly been restricted to the design and implementation phases of the development lifecycle. Given the increasing significance of business modelling in IS development, patterns have the potential of providing a viable solution for promoting reusability of recurrent generalized models in the very early stages of development. As a statement of research-in-progress this paper focuses on business process patterns and proposes an initial methodological framework for the discovery and reuse of business process patterns within the IS development lifecycle. The framework borrows ideas from the domain engineering literature and proposes the use of semantics to drive both the discovery of patterns as well as their reuse