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Design of Context-Aware Information Systems in Manufacturing Industries: Overview and Challenges

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Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence, Special Sessions I, 20th International Conference (DCAI 2023)

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In the last 30 years, several academic and commercial projects have explored the context-awareness concept in multiple domains. Ubiquitous computing and ambient intelligence are features associated with the 4th generation industry empowering space to interact and respond appropriately according to context. In the scope of Industry 4.0, context-aware systems aim to improve productivity in smart factories and offer assistance to workers through services, applications, and devices, delivering functionalities and contextualised content. This article, through descriptive research, discusses the concepts related to context, presents and analyses projects related to ubiquitous computing and associated with Industry 4.0, and discusses the main challenges in systems and applications development to support intelligent environments for increased productivity, supporting informed decision-making in the factories of the future. The study results indicate that many research questions regarding the analysed projects remain the same, leading the research in the context-aware systems area to minimise issues related to context-aware features, improving the incorporation of Industry 4.0 paradigm concepts.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the R&D Project “Continental Factory of Future, (CONTINENTAL FoF) / POCI-01-0247-FEDER-047512”, financed by the European Regional Development Fund(ERDF), through the Program “Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização (POCI) / PORTUGAL 2020”, under the management of aicep Portugal Global – Trade amp; Investment Agency.

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  1. Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Campus de Santa Apolónia, 5300-253, Bragança, Portugal

    Arlindo Santos

  2. University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Quinta de Prados, 5000-801, Vila Real, Portugal

    Claudio Lima, Arsénio Reis, Tiago Pinto & João Barroso

  3. Continental Advanced Antenna, Zona Industrial de Constantim, 5000-082, Vila Real, Portugal

    Paulo Nogueira

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  1. High Performance Computing Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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  3. ISEP/GECAD, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Port, Porto, Portugal

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  4. Kielce University of Technology, Kielce, Poland

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  7. Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain

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  8. INESC-TEC and GECAD/ISEP, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal

    Tiago Pinto

  9. Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal

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Santos, A., Lima, C., Reis, A., Pinto, T., Nogueira, P., Barroso, J. (2023). Design of Context-Aware Information Systems in Manufacturing Industries: Overview and Challenges. In: Mehmood, R., et al. Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence, Special Sessions I, 20th International Conference. DCAI 2023. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 741. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38318-2_32

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