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Localized Automation Solutions in Response to the First Wave of COVID-19: A Story from Vietnam Vrije Universiteit Brussel
COVID-19 hits every country’s healthcare system and economy. There is a trend toward using automation technology in response to the COVID-19 crisis not only in developed countries but also in those with lower levels of technology development. However, current studies mainly focus on the world level and only a few ones report deployments at the country level. In this work, we investigate the use of automation solutions in Vietnam with locally ...
To automate or not to automate? A contingency approach to service automation Universiteit Hasselt
PurposeFollowing a contingency approach, this paper aims to understand when service automation can enhance or destroy value for customers in the frontline by (1) providing a comprehensive overview of factors that influence the value co-creation/co-destruction potential of service automation and (2) zooming in on the combination of service contexts and service tasks to develop research propositions.Design/methodology/approachThis paper uses a ...
Fairness and justice through automation in China's smart courts Vrije Universiteit Brussel Universiteit Antwerpen
Xi Jinping's judicial reforms have placed the concepts of ‘fairness’ and ‘justice’ at the forefront, coinciding with the integration of information technology and AI into all aspects of China's court system through smart court reform. According to official Chinese discourse, smart court reform is supposed to make the justice system ‘fairer’. However, research has not yet clearly established how ‘fairness’ and automation are connected in the ...
EDISON: an Innovative Lighting Architecture Facilitating Building Automation Vrije Universiteit Brussel
In this paper, we propose a holistic approach to raise building efficiency, consisting in: i) a smart ICT-based monitoring and control system, relying on wired and wireless sensors and actuators, that uses the existing lighting infrastructure as cabled data link; ii) an innovative lighting network, low voltage direct current powered, integrating photovoltaic systems and Solid State Lamps (SSLs). Moreover, we discuss compliancy with emerging ...
The Pasinetti theorem in a task‐based model of automation Universiteit Gent
We integrate the notion of task-based automation into a two-class model and study the interaction between endogenous automation and the wealth distribution between capitalists and workers. We find that, as the economy becomes more automated, the possibility of a sustained capitalist class naturally arises. We show that capital-augmenting technical progress induces automation and that it can generate a historical path from the dual equilibrium ...
Rataplan: Resilient Automation of User Interface Actions with Multi-modal Proxies Universiteit Hasselt
We present Rataplan, a robust and resilient pixel-based approach for linking multi-modal proxies to automated sequences of actions in graphical user interfaces (GUIs). With Rataplan, users demonstrate a sequence of actions and answer human-readable follow-up questions to clarify their desire for automation. After demonstrating a sequence, the user can link a proxy input control to the action which can then be used as a shortcut for automating a ...
Coexistence with WiFi for a Home Automation ZigBee product Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Home Automation (HA) products based on IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee, both low power wireless communication standards, are starting to appear on the market. Most of these products use the 2.4GHz Industrial Scientific Medical (ISM) band, sharing the wireless spectrum with several other ubiquitous technologies such as Bluetooth, cordless phones, microwaves ovens and WiFi. The potential for cross technology interference exists and it is a looming threat ...
Migration from a Legacy Wireless Technology to ZigBee for a Home Automation Market Ready System Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Commissioning is the task of configuring devices and networks to achieve the specific needs of a wireless automation system. This paper describes the experiences and commissioning design challenges encountered when migrating and upgrading a legacy wireless technology for remote control of window shutters to a production ready ZigBee Home and Building automation system. In the nascent and continuously evolving domotics market, economical and ...