Intelligent products: Agere versus Essere
2009; Elsevier BV; Volume: 60; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/j.compind.2008.12.008
ISSN1872-6194
AutoresPaul Valckenaers, Bart Saint Germain, Paul Verstraete, Jan Van Belle, Hadeli, Hendrik Van Brussel,
Tópico(s)Cognitive Computing and Networks
ResumoThe notion of an intelligent product places suitability for integration firmly on the research agenda. Indeed, this paradigm aims for coordination and integration on a scale that is unseen until today. Note that this applies particularly where it concerns the core businesses of companies. For that reason, this paper presents a novel concept, the intelligent being, as a vehicle to achieve suitability for integration. The concept is applied to intelligent product instances, intelligent product types and intelligent resources alike. The paper identifies: (1) which services and functionalities can be offered by intelligent beings, (2) what are suitable candidate intelligent beings, and what are not. The paper shows that intelligent beings can reflect a corresponding reality – a product – in its current, past and future states. It thus argues for a role of the intelligent being that is analogous to what maps contribute in navigation systems (and may become as important).
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