Competence–Based Support of Interaction between Business Network Members

In a complicated business network finding a supplier can be a very time consuming task. The technology of competence management is aimed to support such kind of tasks. The paper presents an approach to support interaction between business network members based on such technologies as competence management and knowledge management. The conceptual models of the context-driven competence management system and production network member competence profile are described. The usage of the competence management system is illustrated via an example from automotive industry

Competence management systems in organisations: A literature review

This paper presents a literature review on competence management for organizations. It aims to find competence modelling research trends, reveal the difference between the terms ≪individual competence≫ and ≪core competence≫, examine competence management systems, identify the most common features and highlight main requirements for design and development of these systems

Blockchain Solutions for Multi-Agent Robotic Systems: Related Work and Open Questions

The possibilities of decentralization and immutability make blockchain probably one of the most breakthrough and promising technological innovations in recent years. This paper presents an overview, analysis, and classification of possible blockchain solutions for practical tasks facing multi-agent robotic systems. The paper discusses blockchain-based applications that demonstrate how distributed ledger can be used to extend the existing number of research platforms and libraries for multi-agent robotic systems.Comment: 5 pages, FRUCT-2019 conference pape

Context-aware access control model for Smart-M3 platform

One of the main security problems of Smart-M3 platform is a lack of dynamic security management support. In particular, a new access control model for resource sharing is needed. The access control model should describe the current situation via a context. The paper proposes a model of the context-based access control for the information shared in a smart space based on the Smart-M3 platform. Micro virtualization mechanisms represented by virtual private smart spaces are the basis for the model, which is built on the combination of the role-based and attribute-based access control models. Roles are assigned dynamically based on the smart space participant's trust level. The role separation allows simplifying policies and makes them human-readable and easy to configure. The trust level calculation is based on the participant's context, which includes identification attributes; location; current date; device type, etc. Also, three kinds of security policy rules have been proposed. These rules are used to calculate the trust level, to assign roles based on the trust level, and to grant permissions to the smart space resources

An Ontology for Service Semantic Interoperability in the Smartphone-Based Tourist Trip Planning System

This paper presents an ontology-based approach for semantic interoperability tourist trip planning services. The proposed ontology describes a tourist, an attraction route and context information about tourist and his/her environment. This ontology is developed within the Tourist Trip Planning System, which consists of a set of interacting services. All services work accordingly to the proposed ontology which leads to service semantic interoperability and allows to increase interaction speed between them

Comparative analysis of indoor positioning systems based on communications supported by smartphones

In this paper, common trends of architectural design, technologies, properties, and drawbacks of indoor positioning systems based on communications supported by smartphones are analyzed. The main idea of such kind of systems is that their users can use them through their mobile devices because such systems include positioning functionality based on such technologies as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GSM. For example, museums might not need to buy expensive audioguides, but instead can provide their visitors with appropriate software for their smartphones. The paper presents a comparative analysis of most promising at the moment systems and solutions

Expert Group Formation for Task Performing: Competence-Based Method and Implementation

The problem of searching a group of experts to solve cross-domain problems remains an important problem in many applications. An automated expert search can make human resource management more efficient and reduce the number of problems. The paper presents a method of expert group formation for joint task performing. This method checks each available expert who can participate in task performing and sifts out the least effective of them. During this checking it forms several groups of experts and sorts them by their optimality based on their proficiency level, cost and influence of experts on each other. The method is implemented and approbated in a competence management system developed earlier

M3-Driven smart space creation using a DD-WRT-Based device

The paper describes the process of smart space creation based on integration of Smart-M3 platform with a DD-WRT-based device. Smart-M3 is an open source platform which implements concept of smart space. Wi-Fi router is used as platform hosting which reduces the number of devices participating in smart space-based scenarios. The article covers a process of compilation and installation of Smart-M3 platform on DD-WRT-based Wi-Fi router. Evaluation shows that smart space organized this way can be used for scenarios with few participants. The authors developed “Smart-M3 Control Panel” web-service which allows users to control Smart-M3 platform by a graphical web interface. “Smart-M3 Control Panel” user can view the current status of platform; launch, stop, and reload it; view information storage content and change it; download log files; and change startup options. SocketIO interface was used for the user interaction with web service

Smart space logistic service for real-time ridesharing

The paper describes a logistic service-based approach to real-time ridesharing based on smartspace concept. Smart-M3 information platform is used as smart space infrastructure for presented approach. The service is based on Smart-M3 RDF ontology which is formed by ontology slices of participants' mobile devices. The paper presents an algorithm for finding appropriate fellow- travelers for drivers as well as definition of acceptable pick-up and drop-off points for them