Self-similar computing structures for CPSs: a case study on POTS service process

This paper proposes a novel method for the structuring of the knowledge of a service process in order to be processed by lightweight declarative computing infrastructures. Through the identification of selfsimilarities in the process, the flow of the structured information and the sequence of activities performed in the process are easily implemented by means of cyber-physical systems technologies, in order to timely meet the customer/stakeholder’s requirements. The study was performed in a telecommunication service providing organization. Service teams create a collaborative network. With the use of the CPS proposed in this work they can communicate problems and disseminate solutions. This methodology uses the information of a set of performance indicators of the service organization to achieve a better control of the effectiveness and the bottlenecks in the supply network. The methodology is borrowed from the mechatronics field and it is prone to a natural extension and reuse for the similar information structures in manufacturing processes

Flood Damage Assessment: A Review of Flood Stage-Damage Function Curve

Nowadays, flood control has been replaced by flood management concept in terms of living with flood, making benefit of it, and minimizing its losses. The success in flood management in any region depends on the evaluation of different types of flood losses. For the assessment of flood damages, this requires the use of stage–damage functions for different categories of land use. A review is presented of the methods used to construct stage–damage function curves for residential, commercial, agricultural, and industrial category. Two main approaches in constructing stage–damage functions are empirical approach, which is based on damage data of past floods, and synthetic approach, which uses damage data collected by interview survey or questionnaire. For a developing country like Malaysia which has limited history and actual flood damage data, the synthetic method is the preferred approach in constructing stage–damage function curve