Agent-based computing remains an active field of research with the goal of building (semi-)
autonomous software for dynamic ecosystems. Today, this task should be realized using …

Context: Software engineering for ubiquitous systems has experienced an important and
rapid growth, however the vast research corpus makes it difficult to obtain valuable …

Digital factories comprise a multi-layered integration of various activities along the factories
and product lifecycles. A central aspect of a digital factory is that of enabling the product …

Abstract Service engineering of digital service ecosystems can be associated with several
challenges, such as change and evolution of requirements; gathering of quality …

Smart grids play an important role for energy management by directly supporting the socio-
ecological transition of neighbourhoods. This research provides the design of a coordination …

Scenarios like wireless network networks, Internet of Things, and pervasive computing,
promote full distribution of computation as well as opportunistic, peer-to-peer interactions …

Popularity of the Internet of things (IoT) is currently on the rise. Academia as well as industry
is equally fascinated by this disruptive technology. The IoT research and implementation …

Motion planning for mobile robots has been an active area of research in recent years. One
reason for this is the increasing importance of applications that take place in unstructured …

As autonomous cars are entering mainstream, new research directions are opening
involving several domains, from hardware design to control systems, from energy efficiency …

Today's distributed and pervasive computing addresses large-scale cyber-physical
ecosystems, characterised by dense and large networks of devices capable of computation …