In the context of software development, models provide an abstract representation of a
software system or a part of it. In the software development process, they are primarily used …

To share Knowledge coming from disparate and heterogeneous environments, we propose
the use of semantic Web services to provide a common Knowledge format and meaning …

In the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) there is a clear need for a high level of
interoperability between independently developed systems, often from different vendors …

This chapter deals with interoperability among pervasive networked systems, in particular
accounting for the heterogeneity of protocols from the application down to the middleware …

Interoperability is a fundamental problem in distributed systems, and an increasingly difficult
problem given the level of heterogeneity and dynamism exhibited by contemporary systems …

Integration of different cyber-physical systems involves a development process that takes
into account some solutions for intercommunicating and interoperating heterogeneous …

Abstract Models at runtime can be defined as abstract representations of a system, including
its structure and behaviour, which exist in tandem with the given system during the actual …

Abstract Middleware support for Pervasive Computing has been extensively researched in
the past. Different approaches for, eg, discovery, communication, or interaction, have been …

Cloud computing in conjunction with recent advances in Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSs)
unravels new opportunities for the European manufacturing industry for high value-added …

Distributed systems are at a watershed due to their increasing complexity. The heart of the
problem is the extreme level of heterogeneity exhibited by contemporary distributed systems …