Being able to provide companies with a number of advantages in delivering customised
products, product configuration has received increasing attention from the academia and …

Knowledge-based Configuration incorporates knowledge representation formalisms to
capture complex product models and reasoning methods to provide intelligent interactive …

Product configuration system, as an effective tool to bridge the gap between customer
requirements and product offerings, enables customer-centric product development in a cost …

Attribute-based access control (ABAC) uses the attributes of the involved entities (ie, subject,
object, action, and environment) to provide access control. Despite various advantages …

Abstract Computer-Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools are popular software
programs to support the members of the development team (including analysts, designers …

Constraint-based applications attempt to identify a solution that meets all defined user
requirements. If the requirements are inconsistent with the underlying constraint set …

Reverse Logistics (RL) of end-of-use/end-of-life products is a key approach for supporting
the transition to a circular economy. However, lack of knowledge and experience in …

At a time when modes of consumption are rapidly evolving, consumer attitudes and
expectations are changing. Today, customers want more and more products and services …

Many domains require scalable algorithms that help to determine diagnoses efficiently and
often within predefined time limits. Anytime diagnosis is able to determine solutions in such …

Product personalization, a popular topic of Industry 4.0, requires enterprises to develop
customer-centric products in a cost-efficient way. To achieve this goal, a personalized …