Conceptual Modeling of an IP Phone Communication System

In computing, a network generally denotes devices, often referred to as nodes, connected by links. Networks that are modeled with diagrams consist of hundreds of symbols, images, pictures, and icons, such as a computer, a server rack, or a cloud-based storage system. Network representations provide valuable insights into understanding the systems' underlying structures and mechanisms. Nevertheless, this unusually large number of superficial symbols and icons reflects a need for more systematic representations of the interiority of nodes. To give uniformity to this cascade of notions of basic units of nodes in network diagrams, the authors propose adoption of a new modeling methodology, called a thinging (abstract) machine (TM) (abstract machine of things) that represents all notions as a single diagrammatic machine. Because of the large number of network types, in this paper, they specifically and without loss of generality focus on IP telephone (internet protocol telephone) networks to exemplify communication networks. A real case study of IP telephone networks is modeled using TM.

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A Design Methodology for Medical Processes

Applied Clinical Informatics ◽

10.4338/aci-2015-08-ra-0111 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 07 (01) ◽

pp. 191-210 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Stefano Bonacina ◽

Giuseppe Pozzi ◽

Francesco Pinciroli ◽

Sara Marceglia ◽

Simona Ferrante

Keyword(s):

Conceptual Modeling ◽

Rehabilitation Process ◽

Knowledge Domains ◽

Assessment Tests ◽

Modeling Methodology ◽

Software Artifact ◽

Logical Modeling ◽

Healthcare Processes ◽

Compliance To Treatment

SummaryHealthcare processes, especially those belonging to the clinical domain, are acknowledged as complex and characterized by the dynamic nature of the diagnosis, the variability of the decisions made by experts driven by their experiences, the local constraints, the patient’s needs, the uncertainty of the patient’s response, and the indeterminacy of patient’s compliance to treatment. Also, the multiple actors involved in patient’s care need clear and transparent communication to ensure care coordination.In this paper, we propose a methodology to model healthcare processes in order to break out complexity and provide transparency.The model is grounded on a set of requirements that make the healthcare domain unique with respect to other knowledge domains. The modeling methodology is based on three main phases: the study of the environmental context, the conceptual modeling, and the logical modeling.The proposed methodology was validated by applying it to the case study of the rehabilitation process of stroke patients in the specific setting of a specialized rehabilitation center. The resulting model was used to define the specifications of a software artifact for the digital administration and collection of assessment tests that was also implemented.Despite being only an example, our case study showed the ability of process modeling to answer the actual needs in healthcare practices. Independently from the medical domain in which the modeling effort is done, the proposed methodology is useful to create high-quality models, and to detect and take into account relevant and tricky situations that can occur during process execution.

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Documenting Prehistoric Communication Networks: A Case Study in the Paquimé Polity

American Antiquity ◽

10.2307/3557071 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 68 (4) ◽

pp. 753-767 ◽

Cited By ~ 29

Author(s):

Steve Swanson

Keyword(s):

Communication Networks ◽

Regional Integration ◽

Communication System ◽

Signaling Network ◽

The Political ◽

Signaling System ◽

Sociopolitical Organization ◽

Political Center

Hilltop features reported around the site of Paquimé, the political center of a prehistoric complex polity in northwest Chihuahua, Mexico, have been interpreted as a fire-signaling network by archaeologists. If these hilltop platform features functioned as such a communication system, it provides important information for our interpretation of regional integration and interaction for the Paquimé polity. This paper reports the results of a survey of hilltops in the area and a subsequent GIS-based intervisibility analysis, which determined that a series of hilltop platforms in the region were ideally situated for fire-signaling purposes. I discuss the need for implementing tests for intervisibility and tests for determining the significance of that intervisibility, and then consider some implications of the Paquimé fire-signaling system on sociopolitical organization and integration.

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The Effects of an Aided Augmentative System on Communication and Speech in a Preschool Child with Developmental Delay: A Case Study

Australasian Journal of Special Education ◽

10.1017/s1030011200024490 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 23 (1) ◽

pp. 25-46

Author(s):

Mark Carter

Keyword(s):

Preschool Children ◽

Developmental Delay ◽

Communication System ◽

Lower Proportion ◽

Graphic Symbol ◽

Symbol Use ◽

Alternating Treatment Design ◽

Treatment Design ◽

Sustained Increase

The effect of an aided graphic augmentative communication system on communication and speech in a 4‐year 7‐month‐old child with developmental delay was evaluated in this case study. An alternating treatment design was used across 2 mealtime settings (morning tea and lunch) over a 6‐week period with counterbalancing of aided and unaided conditions. Once graphic symbol use emerged, there were slightly higher levels of unprompted communication and requests in the aided condition and a lower proportion of acts contained nonsymbolic communication. There was also a higher number of different words + symbols used in the aided condition. The introduction of the graphic symbols did not appear to have detrimental effects on speech but there was no evidence of sustained increase in frequency of speech or spoken vocabulary in the aided condition. Substantial increases were noted in the number of unprompted communicative turns and range of total vocabulary over the course of the study in both conditions. The need for further research on the effects of AAC on speech and communication in preschool children is highlighted.

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Logistics management in China: A case study of Haier

Human Systems Management ◽

10.3233/hsm-2004-23102 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 23 (1) ◽

pp. 15-27

Author(s):

Jason C.H. Chen ◽

Binshan Lin ◽

Lingli Li ◽

Patty S. Chen

Keyword(s):

Communication Networks ◽

Global Economy ◽

Collaborative Advantage ◽

Logistics Systems ◽

Business Partners ◽

Business Operations ◽

Global Brand ◽

The Many ◽

Foreign Competitors

Chinese businesses began with a weak foundation in the intense world trade environment, similar to the many other companies that grew from developing countries. How were these Chinese businesses able to compete with foreign competitors armed with strong capital structures and efficient communication networks? Haier is an excellent example of how Chinese companies have successfully adapted to and prospered in the global economy, using information technology as a strategic weapon to improve its competitive advantage and further to create collaborative advantage. Haier's growth is miraculous: in less than two decades, it grew from a state-owned refrigerator factory into an innovative international giant. The company has become China's first global brand and the fifth largest appliance seller in the world. What are the secrets of Haier's success? Many researchers have conducted extensive studies on Haier's management and found the key is Management Information Systems such as e-Commerce and logistics systems that improve business operations between its suppliers, customers, and business partners. This article recounts the journey of Haier's achievements to excellence through its MIS, and provides analyses of the company's business model, the market chain management model.

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On the Investigation of Energy Efficient Torque Distribution Strategies through a Comprehensive Powertrain Model

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13084549 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (8) ◽

pp. 4549

Author(s):

Sara Salamone ◽

Basilio Lenzo ◽

Giovanni Lutzemberger ◽

Francesco Bucchi ◽

Luca Sani

Keyword(s):

Energy Storage ◽

Electric Vehicles ◽

Energy Efficient ◽

Storage System ◽

Energy Storage System ◽

Torque Distribution ◽

Driving Cycles ◽

Energy Models ◽

Battery State Of Charge

In electric vehicles with multiple motors, the torque at each wheel can be controlled independently, offering significant opportunities for enhancing vehicle dynamics behaviour and system efficiency. This paper investigates energy efficient torque distribution strategies for improving the operational efficiency of electric vehicles with multiple motors. The proposed strategies are based on the minimisation of power losses, considering the powertrain efficiency characteristics, and are easily implementable in real-time. A longitudinal dynamics vehicle model is developed in Simulink/Simscape environment, including energy models for the electrical machines, the converter, and the energy storage system. The energy efficient torque distribution strategies are compared with simple distribution schemes under different standardised driving cycles. The effect of the different strategies on the powertrain elements, such as the electric machine and the energy storage system, are analysed. Simulation results show that the optimal torque distribution strategies provide a reduction in energy consumption of up to 5.5% for the case-study vehicle compared to simple distribution strategies, also benefiting the battery state of charge.

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A Pythagorean fuzzy number-based integration of AHP and WASPAS methods for refugee camp location selection problem: a real case study for Istanbul, Turkey

Neural Computing and Applications ◽

10.1007/s00521-021-06195-0 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Ertugrul Ayyildiz ◽

Melike Erdogan ◽

Alev Taskin Gumus

Keyword(s):

Fuzzy Number ◽

Refugee Camp ◽

Selection Problem ◽

Real Case ◽

Location Selection

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Leakage safety analysis of anti-seepage measures in reservoir basins: a case study of the Okinawa seawater pumped storage system in Japan

Arabian Journal of Geosciences ◽

10.1007/s12517-021-06690-7 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (5) ◽

Author(s):

Mengling Wang ◽

Junrui Chai ◽

Zengguang Xu ◽

Yuan Qin

Keyword(s):

Storage System ◽

Safety Analysis ◽

Pumped Storage

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Semantic and knowledge based support to business model evaluation to stimulate green behaviour of electric vehicles’ drivers and energy prosumers

Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing ◽

10.1007/s12652-021-03243-4 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Beniamino Di Martino ◽

Dario Branco ◽

Luigi Colucci Cante ◽

Salvatore Venticinque ◽

Reinhard Scholten ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Business Model ◽

Model Evaluation ◽

Business Models ◽

Real Case ◽

Sustainable Mobility ◽

Semantic Framework ◽

Knowledge Based ◽

Survey Results ◽

Energy Prosumers

AbstractThis paper proposes a semantic framework for Business Model evaluation and its application to a real case study in the context of smart energy and sustainable mobility. It presents an ontology based representation of an original business model and examples of inferential rules for knowledge extraction and automatic population of the ontology. The real case study belongs to the GreenCharge European Project, that in these last years is proposing some original business models to promote sustainable e-mobility plans. An original OWL Ontology contains all relevant Business Model concepts referring to GreenCharge’s domain, including a semantic description of TestCards, survey results and inferential rules.

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