Systematic Mapping Study on Verification and Validation of Industrial Third-party Iot Applications

The next industrial revolution commonly known as Industry 4.0 represents the idea of interconnected manufacturing, where intelligent devices, systems and processes exchange information, resources and artifacts to optimize the complete value-added chain and to reduce costs and time-to- market. Industrial software ecosystems are a good example how the latest digitalization trends are applied in the industry domain and how with the help of industrial IoT applications the production process can be optimized. However, the use of third- party applications exposes to a risk the systems and devices part of the manufacturing process. To address these risks a set of quality measures must be carried out in the ecosystem. This paper presents the results of a systematic mapping study carried out in the area of verification and validation of industrial IoT third-party applications. The goal of the study is to structure the scientific landscape and to provide an up-to-date snapshot of the current state of the research field.

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The Extent and Coverage of Current Knowledge of Connected Health: Systematic Mapping Study (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.14394 ◽

2019 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Maria Karampela ◽

Minna Isomursu ◽

Talya Porat ◽

Christos Maramis ◽

Nicola Mountford ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Current Knowledge ◽

Medical Condition ◽

Research Field ◽

Systematic Mapping Study ◽

Mapping Study ◽

Systematic Mapping ◽

Research Attention ◽

Connected Health ◽

Cancer Multiple

BACKGROUND This study examines the development of the connected health (CH) research landscape with a view to providing an overview of the existing CH research. The research field of CH has experienced rapid growth coinciding with increasing pressure on health care systems to become more proactive and patient centered. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to assess the extent and coverage of the current body of knowledge in CH. In doing so, we sought to identify specific topics that have drawn the attention of CH researchers and to identify research gaps, in particular those offering opportunities for further interdisciplinary research. METHODS A systematic mapping study that combined scientific contributions from research in the disciplines of medicine, business, computer science, and engineering was used. Overall, seven classification criteria were used to analyze the papers, including publication source, publication year, research type, empirical type, contribution type, research topic, and the medical condition studied. RESULTS The search resulted in 208 papers that were analyzed by a multidisciplinary group of researchers. The results indicated a slow start for CH research but showed a more recent steady upswing since 2013. The majority of papers proposed health care solutions (77/208, 37.0%) or evaluated CH approaches (49/208, 23.5%). Case studies (59/208, 28.3%) and experiments (55/208, 26.4%) were the most popular forms of scientific validation used. Diabetes, cancer, multiple sclerosis, and heart conditions were among the most prevalent medical conditions studied. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that CH research has become an established field of research that has grown over the last five years. The results of this study indicate a focus on technology-driven research with a strong contribution from medicine, whereas the business aspects of CH have received less research attention.

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Co-creation in tourism: a systematic mapping study

Tourism Review ◽

10.1108/tr-10-2019-0425 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Fatemeh Mohammadi ◽

Hamid Reza Yazdani ◽

Mona Jami Pour ◽

Morteza Soltani

Keyword(s):

Research Field ◽

Survey Method ◽

Future Research ◽

Systematic Mapping Study ◽

Mapping Study ◽

Systematic Mapping ◽

Content Type ◽

The Status ◽

Minimum Number ◽

Research Gap

Purpose The purpose of this study is to organize and analyze the existing literature on co-creation in tourism to identify the state-of-the-art studies and the research gap in this field. Design/methodology/approach As the research questions seek to provide an overview of the studies in the available literature, the systematic mapping study (SMS) has been selected as the research method. A suitable mapping study method for analyzing and structuring a broad research field concerning methods, designs and research focuses on the existing publications. In total, 137 articles published during 2006–2019 in reliable academic databases such as Science Direct, Emerald, Scopus, Wiley, ProQuest, Sage, Web of Science and Taylor and Francis were selected and analyzed. Findings The results show a rising trend of published articles in tourism, with the maximum number published in 2019 and the minimum number in 2006. Also, analysis of input articles revealed that most of the studies focused on the antecedents and prerequisites for co-creation and paid less attention to the co-creation context. Other findings show that in the field of tourism, the hospitality sector, especially hotels have paid special attention to co-creation. The majority of papers were the empirical type with quantitative design. Furthermore, most studies used the survey method, while the case study and other methods were the next choices. Originality/value This study addresses a major research gap by summarizing the literature related to value co-creation with a specific focus on tourism using the SMS method that provides an overview of the studies in this field. Categorizing papers through SMS helps researchers to review the status of studies in a visual summary to identify gaps and directions for future research.

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Current Research Trends in IoT Security: A Systematic Mapping Study

Mobile Information Systems ◽

10.1155/2021/8847099 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2021 ◽

pp. 1-25

Author(s):

Jee Young Lee ◽

Jungwoo Lee

Keyword(s):

Industrial Revolution ◽

Mobile Internet ◽

Future Research ◽

Systematic Mapping Study ◽

Research Subjects ◽

Mapping Study ◽

Systematic Mapping ◽

Iot Security ◽

Future Research Directions ◽

Smart Mobile

The smart mobile Internet-of-things (IoT) network lays the foundation of the fourth industrial revolution, the era of hyperconnectivity, hyperintelligence, and hyperconvergence. As this revolution gains momentum, the security of smart mobile IoT networks becomes an essential research topic. This study aimed to provide comprehensive insights on IoT security. To this end, we conducted a systematic mapping study of the literature to identify evolving trends in IoT security and determine research subjects. We reviewed the literature from January 2009 to August 2020 to identify influential researchers and trends of keywords. We additionally performed structural topic modeling to identify current research topics and the most promising ones via topic trend estimation. We synthesized and interpreted the results of the systematic mapping study to devise future research directions. The results obtained from this study are useful to understand current trends in IoT security and provide insights into research and development of IoT security.

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The external and data loose coupling for the integration of software units: a systematic mapping study

PeerJ Computer Science ◽

10.7717/peerj-cs.796 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 ◽

pp. e796

Author(s):

Juan Antonio Ruiz Ceniceros ◽

José Alfonso Aguilar-Calderón ◽

Roberto Espinosa ◽

Carolina Tripp-Barba

Keyword(s):

Third Party ◽

Software Systems ◽

Systematic Mapping Study ◽

Loose Coupling ◽

Mapping Study ◽

Component Level ◽

Global Business ◽

Systematic Mapping ◽

Business Changes ◽

Level Systematic

Integration of legacy and third-party software systems is almost mandatory for enterprises. This fact is based mainly on exchanging information with other entities (banks, suppliers, customers, partners, etc.). That is why it is necessary to guarantee the integrity of the data and keep these integration’s up-to-date due to the different global business changes is facing today to reduce the risk in transactions and avoid losing information. This article presents a Systematic Mapping Study (SMS) about integrating software units at the component level. Systematic mapping is a methodology that has been widely used in medical research and has recently begun to be used in Software Engineering to classify and structure the research results that have been published to know the advances in a topic and identify research gaps. This work aims to organize the existing evidence in the current scientific literature on integrating software units for external and data loose coupling. This information can establish lines of research and work that must be addressed to improve the integration of low-level systems.

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Gridshells in Recent Research—A Systematic Mapping Study

Applied Sciences ◽

10.3390/app112411731 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (24) ◽

pp. 11731

Author(s):

Steinar Hillersøy Dyvik ◽

Bendik Manum ◽

Anders Rønnquist

Keyword(s):

Structural Engineering ◽

Research Field ◽

Systematic Mapping Study ◽

Theoretical Studies ◽

Structural System ◽

Mapping Study ◽

Structural Behaviour ◽

Systematic Mapping ◽

Active Metal ◽

Research Type

Gridshells are shells where the structural system is some kind of grid of linear members rather than a surface. With today’s focus on environmentally friendly solutions, gridshells have gained increased relevance as inherently material-efficient structures. This paper investigates the recent research on gridshells, who performs it and what their contributions are, and will thus provide an overview of the research field of gridshells. This study is performed as a systematic mapping. The articles were categorised by research type, motivation, contribution, gridshell type, material, and scientific field. The study shows that most articles are within structural engineering, whereas contributions from architecture were hard to find. The typical study was theoretical studies performing analyses on a specific load or structural behaviour. Some possible knowledge gaps were also identified, including review articles on loads and behaviour, research on bending active metal gridshells and development of gridshell nodes.

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The perspective of religious and spiritual tourism research: a systematic mapping study

Journal of Islamic Marketing ◽

10.1108/jima-02-2017-0015 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 747-798 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Ali Heidari ◽

Hamid Reza Yazdani ◽

Fatemeh Saghafi ◽

Mohammad Reza Jalilvand

Keyword(s):

Research Field ◽

Systematic Mapping Study ◽

Mapping Study ◽

Discussion Paper ◽

Publication Type ◽

Systematic Mapping ◽

Tourism Research ◽

Content Type ◽

Main Research ◽

Spiritual Tourism

Purpose Religious tourism is a form of tourism where people of a particular faith travel to visit places of religious significance in their faith. Previous research into the various aspects of religious and spiritual tourism (RST) has been noticeably extended. The purpose of this study is to perform systematic mapping to provide trends and classification regarding the recent publications in the area of RST. Design/methodology/approach This study collected 181 papers from five scientific databases, from which 122 were selected to be classified according to six properties: research type, research focus, research method, investigated religion, publication type and time. Findings The analysis of these data resulted in a map of the research field, which was presented under three perspectives: the distribution and trends over time of each classification property and the relationship between them. Besides the visual map, the full list of classified papers is available. The results showed that the number of publications is increasing every year, which shows a growing interest in this field. Moreover, the primary research focuses were destination, demand and marketing. Top three journals were found to be International Journal of Tourism Research, Tourism Recreation Research and Journal of Heritage Tourism. Furthermore, evaluation research, solution proposals and opinion papers were the main research types in the area. In addition, the majority of studies focused on Christianity and Islam. Finally, survey, discussion paper, interview and case study were the predominantly used research methods. Originality/value The mapping study delivers the first systematic summary of RST research.

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The Extent and Coverage of Current Knowledge of Connected Health: Systematic Mapping Study

Journal of Medical Internet Research ◽

10.2196/14394 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 21 (9) ◽

pp. e14394 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Maria Karampela ◽

Minna Isomursu ◽

Talya Porat ◽

Christos Maramis ◽

Nicola Mountford ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Current Knowledge ◽

Medical Condition ◽

Research Field ◽

Systematic Mapping Study ◽

Mapping Study ◽

Systematic Mapping ◽

Research Attention ◽

Connected Health ◽

Cancer Multiple

Background This study examines the development of the connected health (CH) research landscape with a view to providing an overview of the existing CH research. The research field of CH has experienced rapid growth coinciding with increasing pressure on health care systems to become more proactive and patient centered. Objective This study aimed to assess the extent and coverage of the current body of knowledge in CH. In doing so, we sought to identify specific topics that have drawn the attention of CH researchers and to identify research gaps, in particular those offering opportunities for further interdisciplinary research. Methods A systematic mapping study that combined scientific contributions from research in the disciplines of medicine, business, computer science, and engineering was used. Overall, seven classification criteria were used to analyze the papers, including publication source, publication year, research type, empirical type, contribution type, research topic, and the medical condition studied. Results The search resulted in 208 papers that were analyzed by a multidisciplinary group of researchers. The results indicated a slow start for CH research but showed a more recent steady upswing since 2013. The majority of papers proposed health care solutions (77/208, 37.0%) or evaluated CH approaches (49/208, 23.5%). Case studies (59/208, 28.3%) and experiments (55/208, 26.4%) were the most popular forms of scientific validation used. Diabetes, cancer, multiple sclerosis, and heart conditions were among the most prevalent medical conditions studied. Conclusions We conclude that CH research has become an established field of research that has grown over the last five years. The results of this study indicate a focus on technology-driven research with a strong contribution from medicine, whereas the business aspects of CH have received less research attention.

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