scholarly journals Movement of autonomous systems after selected infrastructure as a globalization effect induced by initiate Industry 4.0

2020 ◽  
Vol 74 ◽  
pp. 02001
Author(s):  
Josef Botlík
Keyword(s):  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Autonomous Systems ◽  
Significant Risk ◽  
Local Maxima ◽  
Productive Activities ◽  
New Information ◽  
The Social ◽  
Socio Economic Variables

The replacement of specialized, highly sophisticated human work with systems using artificial intelligence is one of the features of the 4th Industrial Revolution known as Industry 4.0. The upcoming innovations and transformations of production processes, the digitized of information and the automation will bring about changes at the social level. These are mainly changes in the company’s behavior. There is a significant risk for specific groups of people, especially those that can be replaced by new information technologies. In the context of the current sixth wave of globalization, new forms of migration of people and capital can be expected related to transnational nature of productive activities, the global form of communications and information. In the context of socio-economic structures, an individual is confronted with a set of factors. The aim of an individual’s behavior is usually to change his localization with respect to the values of the preferred socioeconomic variables, such as availability of work, safety, air quality, etc. On the other hand, the position of an individual will influence the values of socio-economic variables. Behavior can be simulated using multiagent systems. The paper informs about the first phase of the research. Local maxima of factor values were identified.

scholarly journals Local Extremes of Selected Industry 4.0 Indicators in the European Space—Structure for Autonomous Systems

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milena Botlíková ◽  
Josef Botlík
Keyword(s):  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Population Distribution ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Autonomous Systems ◽  
Space Structure ◽  
Extreme Risk ◽  
New Information ◽  
Spatial Dependencies

In the past, the social and economic impacts of industrial revolutions have been clearly identified. The current Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) is characterized by robotization, digitization, and automation. This will transform the production processes, but also the services or financial markets. Specific groups of people and activities may be replaced by new information technologies. Changes represent an extreme risk of economic instability and social change. The authors described available published sources and selected a group of indicators related to Industry 4.0. The indicators were divided into five groups and summarized by negative or positive impact. The indicators were analyzed by precedence analysis. Extremes in the geographical dislocation of factor values were found. Furthermore, spatial dependencies in the distribution of these extremes were found by calculating multiple (long) precedencies. European countries were classified according to individual groups of indicators. The results were compared with the real values of the indicators. The indicated extremes and their distribution will allow to predict changes in the behavior of the population given by changes in the socio-economic environment. The behavior of the population can be described by the behavior of autonomous systems on selected infrastructure. The paper presents research related to the creation of a multiagent model for the prediction of spatial changes in population distribution induced by Industry 4.0.

Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things (IoT)

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Zelal Gültekin Kutlu
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Automation Systems ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
Internet Networks ◽  
The Internet Of Things

In this study, the periodical differences of industrial revolutions, which is one of the effects of technological developments in the industrial field, and the last stage of it are mentioned. With the latest industrial revolution called Industry 4.0, machines work in harmony with technology at every stage of industrial areas. This period, known as Industry 4.0 or the fourth industrial revolution, refers to the system in which the latest production technologies, automation systems, and the technologies that make up this system exchange data with each other. In addition to the information technologies and automation systems used in Industry 3.0, industrial production has gained a whole new dimension with the use of the internet. With internet networks, machines, operators, and robots now work in harmony. At this point, the concept of internet of objects becomes important. Therefore, another focus of the study is the concept of internet of objects. There are some assumptions about the uses, benefits, and future status of the internet of things.

Online Virtual Communities as a New Form of Social Relations

2010 ◽  
pp. 2226-2238
Author(s):  
Almudena Moreno Mínguez ◽  
Carolina Suárez Hernán
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Virtual Community ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
New Information ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cyber Culture

The generalization of the new information technologies has favored the transformation of social structures and the way of relating to others. In this changing process, the logic of the social relationships is characterized by the fragility and the temporality of the communicative systems reciprocity which are established “online” in a new cybernetic culture. “Virtual communities” are created in which the interaction systems established by individuals exceed the traditional categories of time and space. In this manner the individuals create online social webs where they connect and disconnect themselves based on their needs or wishes. The new online communication technologies favor the rigid norms of the “solid society” that dilute in flexible referential contexts and reversible in the context of the “global and liquid society” to which the sociologists Bauman or Beck have referred to. Therefore the objective that the authors propose in this chapter is to try new theoretic tools, from the paradigms of the new sociology of technology, which let them analyze the new relational and cultural processes which are being generated in the cultural context of the information global society, as a consequence of the new communication technologies scope. Definitely the authors propose to analyze the meaning of concepts such as “virtual community”, “cyber culture”, or “contacted individualism”, as well as the meaning and extent of some of the new social and individual behaviors which are maintained in the Net society.

The Impact of New Technology on Society and Workforce in Production in the Era of Industry 4.0

2021 ◽  
pp. 1202-1218
Author(s):  
Cem Zafer ◽  
Pelin Vardarlier
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Social Structure ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
New Technology ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

The industrial revolution, which took place in the 20th century, is the first step of similar developments in the ongoing centuries. In the first steps of this century, the use of steam machines in production is the first steps of a more serial and systematic production structure. With the advancing developments up to the industrial revolution or Industry 4.0, a structure quite different from the initial stage was formed. In the most general sense, the Industry 4.0 structure, defined as the internet of objects, emerges with a more systematic and self-functioning structure discourse in its production activities, but its effects are not only related to production activities. As a matter of fact, the use of Industry 4.0 at the point reached, human resources, employment, social classes, communities, and so on. It is thought to be effective on the structures. In this context, in this study, the effects of the social impacts of these processes and the ways in which Industry 4.0 can create a social structure have been explained.

Industrial Maintenance Entering the Industry 4.0 Era

2021 ◽  
pp. 229-250
Author(s):  
Pedro Fernandes Anunciação ◽  
Vitor Manuel Lemos Dinis ◽  
Francisco Madeira Esteves
Keyword(s):  
Asset Management ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Response Times ◽  
Production Lines ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
Industrial Companies ◽  
Management Condition ◽  
Industrial Maintenance

Industry 4.0 marks the beginning of the so-called fourth industrial revolution. The new emerging information technologies, such as internet of things, cloud computing, machine learning, artificial intelligence, among others, have challenged the management and organization of industrial companies. They have now shorter market response times, higher quality requirements, and customization needs, which challenges many industrial areas from production to maintenance, from design to asset management. The maintenance and asset management condition and the reliability of production lines are closely linked and constitute key areas of good industrial operation. This work seeks to present a roadmap proposal for the management of industrial assets from maintenance management. In addition, it seeks to identify the key elements for a roadmap design and proposes a set of management questions to assess maintenance maturity.

Do the Social Web 2.0 Media Foster Democratization?

2016 ◽  
pp. 314-330
Author(s):  
Rasoul Namazi
Keyword(s):  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Authoritarian Regimes ◽  
Political Community ◽  
Political Information ◽  
The Internet ◽  
New Information ◽  
The Social ◽  
Negative Impacts

This chapter studies the influence of the Internet and new Web 2.0 technologies on the process of democratization in authoritarian regimes. The objective is to show that the new information technologies are not necessarily helpful to dissident movements and have even some negative impacts on the process of democratization. The author questions the capacity of Internet to transmit political information discusses how the new technologies contribute to the depoliticization of societies by creating passive citizens in authoritarian regimes. This chapter also shows how authoritarian regimes use new information technologies as instruments of control and repression and questions the effectiveness of the new cyber-activism by explaining the structure of the Internet and discussing the capacity of the new technologies in creating political community.

scholarly journals Strategic Analysis of the Automation of Container Port Terminals through BOT (Business Observation Tool)

Logistics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Camarero Orive ◽  
José Ignacio Parra Santiago ◽  
María Magdalena Esteban-Infantes Corral ◽  
Nicoletta González-Cancelas
Keyword(s):  
Information Technologies ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Functional Approach ◽  
Strategic Analysis ◽  
Container Port ◽  
Planning Tool ◽  
New Information ◽  
Port System ◽  
Alternative Energies

The port system is immersed in a process of digital transformation towards the concept of Ports 4.0, under the new regulatory and connectivity requirements that are expected of them. As a result of the changes that the industrial revolution 4.0 is imposing, based on new information technologies and the change of energy model, the electrification of modes of transport from alternative energies and the total digitalization of the processes is occurring. This conversion to digital, intelligent, and green ports requires the implementation of the new technologies offered by the market. The inclusion of these enabling tools has allowed the development of automated terminals under a functional approach. This article aims to offer the responsible entities a new methodology (BOT) that allows them to successfully undertake the automation of terminals, taking into account the reality of the conditions of the environment in which they are developed. By quantifying the factors that facilitate or impede implementation, it will be possible to determine the strategy to be followed and the necessary measures to be adopted in the project; constituting, therefore, a novel management and planning tool.

Accelerating Democracy

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
John O. McGinnis
Keyword(s):  
Technological Change ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Information Markets ◽  
New Information ◽  
The Social ◽  
Political Choices ◽  
Future Policy ◽  
Social Scientific ◽  
Policy Proposals

Successful democracies throughout history have used the technology of their time to gather information for better governance. Our challenge is no different today, but it is more urgent because the accelerating pace of technological change creates potentially enormous dangers as well as benefits. This book shows how to adapt democracy to new information technologies that can enhance political decision making and enable us to navigate the social rapids ahead. This book demonstrates how these new technologies combine to address a problem as old as democracy itself—how to help citizens better evaluate the consequences of their political choices. As society became more complex in the nineteenth century, social planning became a top-down enterprise delegated to experts and bureaucrats. Today, technology increasingly permits information to bubble up from below and filter through more dispersed and competitive sources. The book explains how to use fast-evolving information technologies to more effectively analyze past public policy, bring unprecedented intensity of scrutiny to current policy proposals, and more accurately predict the results of future policy. But he argues that we can do so only if government keeps pace with technological change. For instance, it must revive federalism to permit different jurisdictions to test different policies so that their results can be evaluated, and it must legalize information markets to permit people to bet on what the consequences of a policy will be even before that policy is implemented. This book reveals how we can achieve a democracy that is informed by expertise and social-scientific knowledge while shedding the arrogance and insularity of a technocracy.

Ethical Dilemma of the Digital Divide in the Threshold of Social Inequalities in Africa

2018 ◽  
pp. 73-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Essien Essien
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
New Information ◽  
The Social ◽  
Ict Tools ◽  
The Web

Despite the ubiquitous nature of the internet in our daily lives today, the digital divide discourse in Africa highlights the inequitable social distribution of ICT access. The failure to have equitable social access to ICT tools, or a lack of skills to operate them, clearly depicts a technological predicament and a metaphor that questions the social gaps between humans that can access and use the web, and those that cannot. Relying on content analysis of extensive literature on the digital divide, this paper explores the notion of digital divide social inequalities in Africa, especially as it concerns how it should be understood, valued and managed. Findings, reveals that though the new information technologies are rapidly changing lives of a small but growing number of people across Africa, decisions on content, knowledge and participation excludes Africans. The digital divide therefore, has the potential to create, perpetuate and exacerbate morally objectionable conditions that can replicate poverty, construct exclusion and foregrounds social inequality in many African societies.

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