Case Study on Utilizing Mobile Applications in Industrial Field Service

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Aleksy ◽  
Bernd Stieger ◽  
Gerhard Vollmar
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Field Service

scholarly journals Autonomous control of hydraulic mobile applications – a 21-ton excavator case study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Opperwall ◽  
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Ben Holter ◽  
Simon Yardley ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Autonomous Control

Developing a Multimodal Application for a Scientific Experiment on Smartphones

2013 ◽  
pp. 68-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Rouillard
Keyword(s):  
Image Processing ◽  
Signal Processing ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Mobile Multimedia ◽  
Tablet Devices ◽  
Scientific Experiment ◽  
Visual Tool

Designing and developing multimodal mobile applications is an important knowledge for researchers and industrial engineers. It is crucial to be able to rapidly develop prototypes for smartphones and tablet devices in order to test and evaluate mobile multimedia solutions, without necessarily being an expert in signal processing (image processing, objects recognition, sensors processing, etc.). This chapter proposes to follow the development process of a scientific experiment, in which a mobile application will be used to determine which modality (touch, voice, QRcode) is preferred for entering expiration dates of alimentary products. For the conception and the generation of the mobile application, the AppInventor framework is used. Benefits and limitations of this visual tool are presented across the “Pervasive Fridge” case study, and the obtained final prototype is discussed.

Semantic Mobile Applications for Service Process Improvement

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Aleksy ◽  
Bernd Stieger ◽  
Thomas Janke
Keyword(s):  
Process Improvement ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Product Information ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Enterprise Information ◽  
Heterogeneous Information ◽  
Field Service ◽  
Semantic Data ◽  
The Right

The ongoing evolution of industrial field service is mainly driven by demographical changes, increasing complexity of products, and tremendous amounts of product information from enterprise information systems as well as from the emerging Internet of Things. To cope with these challenges, a combined approach utilizing semantic and mobile technologies fosters the provision of the right information, at the right time, in the right place, and to the right people. This paper investigates the exploitation potential of semantic mobile applications to support industrial service processes. Based on identified application scenarios, the authors developed concepts for process improvement and, thus, derived requirements. The necessary semantic data federations are considered in the presented architecture, which enables an integrated approach for tailored information retrieval from heterogeneous information sources.

Collecting qualitative data through mobile applications: A multiple case study report

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary K. Twis ◽  
Vivian J. Miller ◽  
Courtney Cronley ◽  
Noelle Fields
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
Study Report ◽  
Case Study Report ◽  
Multiple Case

Co-Designing Mobile Applications for Data Collection in Citizen Science Projects – Challenges and Lessons Learned within the Nachtlicht-BüHNE Project

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Friederike Klan ◽  
Christopher C.M. Kyba ◽  
Nona Schulte-Römer ◽  
Helga U. Kuechly ◽  
Jürgen Oberst ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Smartphone Apps ◽  
Science Project ◽  
Science Projects ◽  
Citizen Science Project

<p>Data contributed by citizen scientists raise increasing interest in many areas of scientific research. Increasingly, projects rely on information technology such as mobile applications (apps) to facilitate data collection activities by lay people. When developing such smartphone apps, it is essential to account for both the requirements of the scientists interested in acquiring data and the needs of the citizen scientists contributing data. Citizens and participating scientists should therefore ideally work together during the conception, design and testing of mobile applications used in a citizen science project. This will benefit both sides, as both scientists and citizens can bring in their expectations, desires, knowledge, and commitment early on, thereby making better use of the potential of citizen science. Such processes of app co-design are highly transdisciplinary, and thus pose challenges in terms of the diversity of interests, skills, and background knowledge involved.</p><p>Our “Nachtlicht-BüHNE” citizen science project addresses these issues. Its major goal is the development of a co-design process enabling scientists and citizens to jointly develop citizen science projects based on smartphone apps. This includes (1) the conception and development of a mobile application for a specific scientific purpose, (2) the design, planning and organization of field campaigns using the mobile application, and (3) the evaluation of the approach. In Nachtlicht-BüHNE, the co-design approach is developed within the scope of two parallel pilot studies in the environmental and space sciences. Case study 1 deals with the problem of light pollution. Currently, little is known about how much different light source types contribute to emissions from Earth. Within the project, citizens and researchers will develop and use an app to capture information about all types of light sources visible from public streets. Case study 2 focuses on meteors. They are of great scientific interest because their pathways and traces of light can be used to derive dynamic and physical properties of comets and asteroids. Since the surveillance of the sky with cameras is usually incomplete, reports of fireball sightings are important. Within the project, citizens and scientists will create and use the first German-language app that allows reporting meteor sightings.</p><p>We will share our experiences on how researchers and communities of citizen scientists with backgrounds in the geosciences, space research, the social sciences, computer science and other disciplines work together in the Nachtlicht-BüHNE project to co-design mobile applications. We highlight challenges that arose and present different strategies for co-design that evolved within the project accounting for the specific needs and interests of the communities involved.</p>

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