Derguech, Wassim and Bhiri, Sami and Hasan, Souleiman and Curry, Edward
(2015)
Using Formal Concept Analysis for
Organizing and Discovering Sensor
Capabilities.
The Computer Journal, 58 (3).
pp. 356-367.
ISSN 0010-4620
Abstract
Smart environments rely on sensor data to provide necessary business intelligence in order to
support decision-making. An efficient decision support model in such a context requires that sensor
data are provided correctly and timely. Given the dynamicity of sensor environment, the diversity of
their features and of user requirements, finding appropriate sensors having the required capabilities
or replacing faulty ones constitutes a challenging task. Efficiently describing and organizing sensors
in smart environments is essential to deliver a rapid adaptation to errors and availability of data.
In this paper, we present an approach for organizing and indexing sensor services based on their
capabilities. We introduce a feature-oriented capability model that puts forward the functional
aspects of carried actions and model them as resource description framework (RDF) properties
rather than focusing on the change in the state of the world. Using this model for describing sensor
capabilities, we apply Formal Concept Analysis for organizing and indexing sensor services. We
have experimented and evaluated our approach in the Digital Enterprise Research Institute, which
has been retrofitted with various sensors to monitor temperature, motion, light and consumption of
power within a building.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
formal concept analysis; capability modelling; sensor capability; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Business |
| Item ID: |
11332 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.1093/comjnl/bxu088 |
| Depositing User: |
Souleiman Hasan
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| Date Deposited: |
17 Oct 2019 13:16 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
The Computer Journal |
| Publisher: |
The British Computer Society |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| URI: |
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| Use Licence: |
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