Node and Block-Based Development Tools for Distributed Systems With AI Applications

Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are one of the most promising and disruptive areas of current research and development. However, these areas require deep knowledge in multiple disciplines such as sensors, protocols, embedded programming, distributed systems, statistics and...

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Published in:IEEE access Vol. 7; pp. 143109 - 143119
Main Authors: Hauck, Marcel, Machhamer, Rudiger, Czenkusch, Levin, Gollmer, Klaus-Uwe, Dartmann, Guido
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Piscataway IEEE 2019
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects:
Algorithms
Artificial intelligence
Business
Computer networks
Data analysis
Distributed computing
Distributed processing
Internet of Things
machine learning
Nodes
Programming
Protocol (computers)
R&D
Rapid prototyping
Research & development
Small & medium sized enterprises-SME
Software
Software development tools
Source code
Task analysis
visual programming environments
ISSN:2169-3536, 2169-3536
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Abstract Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are one of the most promising and disruptive areas of current research and development. However, these areas require deep knowledge in multiple disciplines such as sensors, protocols, embedded programming, distributed systems, statistics and algorithms. This broad knowledge is not easy to acquire and the software used to design these systems is becoming increasingly complex. Small and medium-sized enterprises therefore have problems in developing new business ideas. However, node- and block-based software tools have also been released and are freely available as open source toolboxes. In this paper, we present an overview of multiple node- and block-based software tools to develop IoT- and AI-based business ideas. We arrange these tools according their capabilities and further propose extension and combinations of tools to design a useful open-source library for small and medium-sized enterprises, that is easy to use and helps with rapid prototyping, enabling new business ideas to be developed using distributed computing.
AbstractList Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are one of the most promising and disruptive areas of current research and development. However, these areas require deep knowledge in multiple disciplines such as sensors, protocols, embedded programming, distributed systems, statistics and algorithms. This broad knowledge is not easy to acquire and the software used to design these systems is becoming increasingly complex. Small and medium-sized enterprises therefore have problems in developing new business ideas. However, node- and block-based software tools have also been released and are freely available as open source toolboxes. In this paper, we present an overview of multiple node- and block-based software tools to develop IoT- and AI-based business ideas. We arrange these tools according their capabilities and further propose extension and combinations of tools to design a useful open-source library for small and medium-sized enterprises, that is easy to use and helps with rapid prototyping, enabling new business ideas to be developed using distributed computing.
Author Hauck, Marcel
Czenkusch, Levin
Machhamer, Rudiger
Dartmann, Guido
Gollmer, Klaus-Uwe
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Business
Computer networks
Data analysis
Distributed computing
Distributed processing
Internet of Things
machine learning
Nodes
Programming
Protocol (computers)
R&D
Rapid prototyping
Research & development
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Software development tools
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visual programming environments
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