Procedia Computer Science

Managing smart contracts in an Agile software development based on blockchain technology enables project managers to offer rules for software processes to meet the needs and expectations of stakeholders. On the one hand, smart contracts’ faster ...

The growing economic pressures and increased competitiveness has forced companies to invest in increasing their efficiency and productivity in the provision of their services. In this sense, literature has shown that investing in ITSM platforms to ...

Enhancing business processes with IoT capabilities enables the collection of data, which can be leveraged to optimize and automate business processes. As a prerequisite for exploiting these benefits in the context of BPM, IoT aspects needs to be ...

There are several system modeling notations based on system thinking. So far, these notations have not been compared. In this paper, we propose the GPDAC (Goal, Process, Data, Actor, Control) as a framework for creating new systems engineering ...

Natural disasters are unfrequent, but inevitable parts of life. This article addresses this topic and at the same time proposes a methodology for managing the restoration of the territory affected by natural disasters. The application of this ...

The article deals with the financial management of construction companies in the Czech Republic during 2014-2021, i.e., an 8-year period. Since the data collection also provided information on the years of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, the paper ...

The Building Information Modelling (BIM) methodology has been adopted in the construction industry, supporting the development of projects. Its implementation has improved the collaboration and integration in the design context, increasing the ...

Building Information Modelling (BIM) methodology has been supporting the construction activity in all sectors involved: multidisciplinary designs development; construction planning and monitoring; building management and maintenance. A BIM ...

When project sizes, integrated technology, and demand for sustainability increase, the construction industry faces requirements increase. Fulfilling the requirements is essential to the project’s success, but fragmentation in the design and ...

Research on business incubators has been advocating their impacts in promoting industry innovation, economic growth, fostering entrepreneurship, and social development. However, the literature gap concerning business incubator models remains, ...

Since FY2015, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) have jointly been selecting the excellent Japanese firms for their efforts for IT utilization as “Competitive IT Strategy Companies.” This paper ...

The population is aging fast in many developed countries worldwide, which makes older consumers important to study. This study investigates older consumers’ (>55 years) views on online grocery shopping (OGS) by comparing them to younger consumers ...

The practice of journalism has undergone many changes in the last few years, with changes in technology being the main driver of these changes. We present a future study where we aim to get an understanding of what technologies will become ...

Current inflation rates have significantly been increasing construction project costs globally. Thus, it is crucial to consider potential inflationary trends when estimating the cost at completion of prolonged projects. However, the absence of ...

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was necessary to implement remote teaching at universities and work from home (WFH) to maintain social distancing. Given these circumstances, many students had their first professional experience working remotely ...

As the three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction and visualisation of medical imaging systems, such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), become common approaches for assisting physicians with a visual representation of ...

Recent studies disclose that the world population spends about 1.1 hours daily on public transport to move to the workplace. Nowadays, there is a worldwide trend of people living near their workplaces to save daily time; besides, improving the ...

The scoping review reported by this article aimed to analyze and synthesize state-of-the-art studies focused on the integration of cyber resilience in the implementation and deployment of intelligent transport systems, namely in terms of (i) cyber ...

The systematic review reported by this article aimed to analyze and synthesize state-of-the-art studies focused on the cyber resilience of healthcare information systems, namely in terms of (i) their purposes and (ii) methods being used to ...

It is crucial to assess the usability of digital health applications to promote physical exercise since problems with usability could lead to errors in utilization, which may result in accidents such as falls. Heuristic evaluation has been applied ...

The healthcare sector as a whole has a high administrative burden. Whether through doctors, nurses, laboratories, financial departments, accounting, pharmaceutical departments, among other entities, it is essential that everyone connects to ...

In this work, we present a system that detects Freezing of Gait Detection (FOG) that uses of a single wearable inertial sensor to automatically evaluate a Parkinson’s patient’s gait instability and detect FOG in real-time. A wearable vibrator is ...

This research paper explores the risks associated with Robotic Process Automation (RPA) projects, with a focus on the impact of disregarding key factors that affect project success. While previous studies have identified challenges and success ...

This paper presents research performed on set-based multi-criteria optimization for the preliminary design of slab frame bridges. As a result of immense CO2 emissions emerging from concrete production, there is a need for optimization methods ...

Metaplasia detection in upper gastrointestinal endoscopy is crucial to identify patients at higher risk of gastric cancer. Deep learning algorithms can be useful for detecting and localising these lesions during an endoscopy exam. However, to ...

This article focuses on how data from completed projects can be applied to uncertainty analysis. Cost estimates and risk assessments in public construction projects rely on expert opinions and, by little extent, historical figures. By analysing ...

In the big data era, recommendation systems (RS) play a pivotal role to overcome information overload. In the digital landscape publishers need to optimize their editorial strategies to increase reader engagement and digital revenue. Newsletters ...

AI education aims to nurture convergence talents equipped with various knowledge and AI capabilities. However, the educational programs developed so far are designed for less than 10 sessions. This is insufficient time for students to understand ...