Supply chain disruptions in manufacturing are increasingly prevalent due to the complexity and lack of transparency beyond direct suppliers. Early-stage disruptions often remain undetected, propagate in the network and pose significant challenges ...

Despite the widespread application of artificial intelligence (AI) as universal solution for complex business problems, there remains a significant gap in design methods for AI systems, distinguishing them sharply from traditional software ...

Designing complex information systems is a task performed by design teams with team members coming from different domains with different expertise. Shared understanding between members of a design team throughout a project is still a challenge. A design ...

A conceptual modeling approach for Ubiquitous Information Systems (UIS) is presented as a central part of a UIS design methodology. Three conceptual models are used for step-wise derivation of machineexecutable design models for distributed service ...

Dialogue interaction between customers and products improves presentation of relevant product information in in-store shopping situations. Thus, information needs of customers can be addressed more intuitive. In this article, we describe how access to ...

The design of ambient environments does not depend on technical issues exclusively but also on social aspects There are several design specifications for ambient environments as well as development principles for the design of such systems, a design ...

Ambient environments are characterized by an ever increasing amount of information that needs to be selected and organized in order to make correct assumptions about users, entities, etc. within a specific context. This issue can be addressed by using ...

Natural Language communication between customers and products within in-store shopping environments enables new forms of product interfaces and an improved filtering and intuitive presentation of product information. In this article, we describe how ...

Mobile technologies have the potential to change not only brick-and-mortar stores but also the way, how customers interact with physical products. They enable operational agility by means of improved availability and quality of information required by ...