This paper presents the design and implementation of RT-EP (Real-Time Ethernet Protocol), which is a software-based token-passing Ethernet protocol for multipoint communications in...
provides a powerful abstraction basically allowing to perceiving all compute resources as entities that can be dynamically discovered and composed. These entities are called servic...
In response to the difficulties experienced by the automotive industry in adopting new procurement technology this research investigates an emerging phenomenon: electronic interor...
—Robots do not have any capability of taking moral responsibility. At the same time industrial robotics is entering a new era with “intelligent” robots sharing workbench with...
Sourcing, or the question of what a company should carry out in-house and what should be acquired elsewhere, has been discussed for quite some time. This paper addresses the sourc...