2019
Cicirelli, F.; Guerrieri, A.; Mercuri, A.; Spezzano, G.; Vinci, A.
ITEMa: A methodological approach for cognitive edge computing IoT ecosystems Journal Article
In: Future Generation Computer Systems, vol. 92, 2019, ISSN: 0167739X.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: activity recognition, Cognitive Systems, Edge and cloud computing, IoT-based ecosystems, Smart Office
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title = {ITEMa: A methodological approach for cognitive edge computing IoT ecosystems},
author = {F. Cicirelli and A. Guerrieri and A. Mercuri and G. Spezzano and A. Vinci},
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abstract = {The ever-increasing spread of Internet of Things (IoT)-based technologies paired with the diffusion of the edge-based computing boosts the development of pervasive cyber ecosystems having the goal of improving the life quality of people and assisting them in daily activities. In this context, cognitive behaviors are purposely required to make such ecosystems able to adapt to people needs and to envisage their behaviors. Despite the growing interest in cognitive ecosystems, still there is a lack of methodological approaches devoted to supporting the design and implementation of such complex systems. This paper proposes ITEMa, an Iot-based smarT Ecosystem Modeling Approach based on a three-layered architecture offering some well-suited abstractions tailored to the development of IoT-based ecosystems which exhibit cognitive behaviors and are able to exploit computational resources located either at the edge of the network or in the Cloud. The effectiveness of the approach is demonstrated through a case study concerning the development of a Smart Office devoted to forecast some usual office activities and to properly adapt the office environmental conditions to them.},
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The ever-increasing spread of Internet of Things (IoT)-based technologies paired with the diffusion of the edge-based computing boosts the development of pervasive cyber ecosystems having the goal of improving the life quality of people and assisting them in daily activities. In this context, cognitive behaviors are purposely required to make such ecosystems able to adapt to people needs and to envisage their behaviors. Despite the growing interest in cognitive ecosystems, still there is a lack of methodological approaches devoted to supporting the design and implementation of such complex systems. This paper proposes ITEMa, an Iot-based smarT Ecosystem Modeling Approach based on a three-layered architecture offering some well-suited abstractions tailored to the development of IoT-based ecosystems which exhibit cognitive behaviors and are able to exploit computational resources located either at the edge of the network or in the Cloud. The effectiveness of the approach is demonstrated through a case study concerning the development of a Smart Office devoted to forecast some usual office activities and to properly adapt the office environmental conditions to them.
2018
Cicirelli, Franco; Fortino, Giancarlo; Guerrieri, Antonio; Mercuri, Alessandro; Spezzano, Giandomenico; Vinci, Andrea
A Metamodel Framework for Edge-Based Smart Environments Inproceedings
In: 2018 IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering (IC2E), pp. 286-291, 2018.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Computational modeling, Edge computing, internet of things, Metamodeling, modeling, Object oriented modeling, Sensors, smart environments, Smart Office, Timing, Unified modeling language
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title = {A Metamodel Framework for Edge-Based Smart Environments},
author = { Franco Cicirelli and Giancarlo Fortino and Antonio Guerrieri and Alessandro Mercuri and Giandomenico Spezzano and Andrea Vinci},
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year = {2018},
date = {2018-04-01},
booktitle = {2018 IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering (IC2E)},
pages = {286-291},
abstract = {Smart Environments (SEs) are pervasive systems usually built on top of IoT-based sensing and actuation devices which are spread in an environment. The increase of the on-board computational capacity of the used devices opens to the possibility of naturally exploiting the edge computing paradigm in which the computation is pushed at the edge of the network. Anyway, despite the huge interest towards SEs, there is a lack of approaches for their design. This paper proposes an enhancement of the existing Smart Environment Metamodel (SEM) framework suited for designing SEs. The provided extension aims at taking into account issues related to edge computing, management of timing information and definition of the data types involved in data sources. The effectiveness of the whole proposal is assessed through a case study describing the development of a Smart Office.},
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Smart Environments (SEs) are pervasive systems usually built on top of IoT-based sensing and actuation devices which are spread in an environment. The increase of the on-board computational capacity of the used devices opens to the possibility of naturally exploiting the edge computing paradigm in which the computation is pushed at the edge of the network. Anyway, despite the huge interest towards SEs, there is a lack of approaches for their design. This paper proposes an enhancement of the existing Smart Environment Metamodel (SEM) framework suited for designing SEs. The provided extension aims at taking into account issues related to edge computing, management of timing information and definition of the data types involved in data sources. The effectiveness of the whole proposal is assessed through a case study describing the development of a Smart Office.
2017
Cicirelli, F.; Fortino, G.; Guerrieri, A.; Spezzano, G.; Vinci, A.
Edge enabled development of Smart Cyber-Physical Environments Inproceedings
In: 2017, ISBN: 9781509018970.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Agent Computing, Cyber-Physical Systems, Edge computing, internet of things, smart environments, Smart Office
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title = {Edge enabled development of Smart Cyber-Physical Environments},
author = {F. Cicirelli and G. Fortino and A. Guerrieri and G. Spezzano and A. Vinci},
doi = {10.1109/SMC.2016.7844769},
isbn = {9781509018970},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-01-01},
journal = {2016 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2016 - Conference Proceedings},
abstract = {Smart Cyber-Physical Environments are augmented physical environments whose behaviours are enhanced through the use of ICT technologies. The goal is to offer new services and functionalities devoted to meet people's needs and preferences, and to better exploit existing services and infrastructures. The use of IoT technologies, paired with the edge computing, fosters the development of Smart Environment applications having the important features of reliability, scalability and extensibility. This paper proposes an approach for the design and the implementation of Smart Cyber Physical Environment applications having the aforementioned features. The approach relies on the use of isapiens which is an IoT platform enabling edge computing through the exploitation of the agent metaphor. Such platform provides effective abstractions which are able to hide heterogeneity of both the adopted hardware devices and communication protocols. The approach is validated through a case study involving the realization of a Smart Office prototype for profiling and monitoring daily working activities and performing actuations in the environment on the basis of the obtained information.},
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Smart Cyber-Physical Environments are augmented physical environments whose behaviours are enhanced through the use of ICT technologies. The goal is to offer new services and functionalities devoted to meet people's needs and preferences, and to better exploit existing services and infrastructures. The use of IoT technologies, paired with the edge computing, fosters the development of Smart Environment applications having the important features of reliability, scalability and extensibility. This paper proposes an approach for the design and the implementation of Smart Cyber Physical Environment applications having the aforementioned features. The approach relies on the use of isapiens which is an IoT platform enabling edge computing through the exploitation of the agent metaphor. Such platform provides effective abstractions which are able to hide heterogeneity of both the adopted hardware devices and communication protocols. The approach is validated through a case study involving the realization of a Smart Office prototype for profiling and monitoring daily working activities and performing actuations in the environment on the basis of the obtained information.