Industry 4.0 is revolutionizing industrial production by bridging the physical and the virtual
worlds and further improving digitalization. Two essential building blocks in industry 4.0 are …

The current complexity of IoT systems and devices is a barrier to reach a healthy ecosystem,
mainly due to technological fragmentation and inherent heterogeneity. Meanwhile, the field …

The joint W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) and OGC (Open Geospatial Consortium)
Spatial Data on the Web (SDW) Working Group developed a set of ontologies to describe …

Summary The Internet of Things (IoT) is an emerging technology paradigm where millions of
sensors and actuators help monitor and manage physical, environmental, and human …

This open access book offers a summary of the development of Digital Earth over the past
twenty years. By reviewing the initial vision of Digital Earth, the evolution of that vision, the …

Nowadays, the concept of “Everything is connected to Everything” has spread to reach
increasingly diverse scenarios, due to the benefits of constantly being able to know, in real …

An intelligent combination of the Internet of Things (IoT) and approaches to modeling and
simulation is one of the most challenging endeavors for future cities, manufacturing …

Particulate matter with a diameter less than 2.5 micrometers (PM2. 5) can be considered as
the most dangerous air pollutant that affects human health. In addition, technological …

Simple Summary The mosquito is the deadliest animal on earth, transmitting diseases that
cause nearly a million deaths and> 700 million infections each year. Yet only relatively few …

An integrated urban platform is the essential software infrastructure for smart, sustainable
and resilient city planning, operation and maintenance. Today such platforms are mostly …