Rapid advances in industrialisation and informatisation methods have spurred tremendous
progress in developing the next generation of manufacturing technology. Today, we are on …

Abstract Originally initiated in Germany, Industry 4.0, the fourth industrial revolution, has
attracted much attention in recent literatures. It is closely related with the Internet of Things …

In this study, we have compared Germany's “Industry 4.0” and China's “Made-in-China
2025” and estimated China's locus in “Made-in-China 2025”.“Made-in-China 2025” has …

The connection of embedded computing devices via the Internet has dramatically changed
the way people live. This concept has also been extended to the industrial sector. It not only …

Information and communication technologies are permeating all aspects of industrial and
manufacturing systems, expediting the generation of large volumes of industrial data. This …

Industrial information integration engineering (IIIE) is a set of foundational concepts and
techniques that facilitate the industrial information integration process. In recent years, many …

Industrial cyber-physical systems are the primary enabling technology for Industry 4.0, which
combine legacy industrial and control engineering, with emerging technology paradigms (eg …

This paper proposes a routing scheme that enhances energy consumption and end-to-end
delay for large-scale Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) systems based on IEEE 802.15. 4a …

The Internet of Things (IoT) is an innovative technology that presents effective and attractive
solutions to revolutionize various domains. Numerous solutions based on the IoT have been …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the suitability of Blockchain technology
for applications in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT). It provides a taxonomy of system …