The metaphor of “technical debt” is used in software engineering to describe technical
solutions that may be pragmatic in the near‐term but may have a negative long‐term impact …

Purpose This paper aims to highlight the expanding link between facility management (FM)
and building automation and control systems (BACS) through a review of literature. It …

Parts obsolescence has an important impact on the product life cycle, the manufacturing
system and the environment leading to operational, logistical, reliability and cost …

This study aimed to examine factors influencing the adoption of fitness wearable
technologies (FWTs) by extending the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology …

Obsolescence and its impacts on software and systems continue to be of interest. Reducing
obsolescence in operating systems and microprocessors will help to reduce software …

Engineering‐heavy new product development (NPD) projects face unplanned design
iterations, which can cause failure in terms of missed targets for cost, schedule, quality, and …

The purpose of this study is to provide program managers and systems engineers with a
novel algorithm in determining the design refresh time (DRT) of sustainment‐dominated …

Dadas las diferencias entre activos físicos y activos de TI (también llamados activos
digitales), se propone una metodología para gestionar la obsolescencia de los activos …

Aiming at the uncertainty of data collected in multi-sensor networks, a multi-sensor fusion
technique based on the PSO algorithm is suggested to optimize the RBF neural network with …

Most new-product development (NPD) engineering projects encounter uncertainties from
rapidly shifting market demands and developing technologies resulting in requirements …