Our next generation of industry—Industry 4.0—holds the promise of increased flexibility in
manufacturing, along with mass customization, better quality, and improved productivity. It …

Sustainability issues have driven many industries to close the loop in their supply chains
(SCs), evolving into a more complex process, with many risks due to the circular or multi …

The emergence of new technologies is providing new ways to compete in the current context
of changeable and unpredictable market requirements. The focus of this paper is on Cyber …

The increasing pervasiveness of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) in diverse application
domains including critical infrastructure systems, sets an extremely high security bar in the …

The rise of ubiquitous systems is sustained by the development and progressive adoption of
the Internet of Things (IoT) devices and their enabling technologies. IoT has been shown to …

Cyber Physical System (CPS) has provided an outstanding foundation to build advanced
industrial systems and applications by integrating innovative functionalities through Internet …

An example data collection system in an industrial environment includes a data collector in
communication with a number of input channels for acquiring collected data. The system …

The integration of improved control techniques with advanced information technologies
enables the rapid development of smart grids. The necessity of having an efficient, reliable …

Abstract In an Internet of Things (IoT) environment, the existence of a huge number of
heterogeneous devices, which are potentially resource-constrained and/or mobile has led to …

Abstract Sensors in a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) sense, process, and transmit
information simultaneously. They mainly find applications in agriculture monitoring …