Enabling Smart Workflows over Heterogeneous ID-SensingTechnologies

Sensing technologies in mobile devices play a key role in reducing the gapbetween the physical and the digital world. The use of automatic identification capabilitiescan improve user participation in business processes where physical elements are involved(Smart Workflows). However, identifying all o...

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Main Authors: Guillermo Palacios, Carlos Cetina, Raquel Lacuesta, Pau Giner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-11-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/12/11/14914
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Summary:Sensing technologies in mobile devices play a key role in reducing the gapbetween the physical and the digital world. The use of automatic identification capabilitiescan improve user participation in business processes where physical elements are involved(Smart Workflows). However, identifying all objects in the user surroundings does notautomatically translate into meaningful services to the user. This work introduces Parkour,an architecture that allows the development of services that match the goals of each ofthe participants in a smart workflow. Parkour is based on a pluggable architecture thatcan be extended to provide support for new tasks and technologies. In order to facilitatethe development of these plug-ins, tools that automate the development process are alsoprovided. Several Parkour-based systems have been developed in order to validate theapplicability of the proposal.
ISSN:1424-8220