Digital and intelligent buildings are critical to realizing efficient building energy operations
and a smart grid. With the increasing digitalization of processes throughout the life cycle of …

A fundamental problem in many disciplines is the classification of objects in a domain of
interest into a taxonomy. Develo** a taxonomy, however, is a complex process that has …

Little is known about how public sector organisations capitalise on the potential of social
networking sites (SNSs) as communication channels. Previous research is short on …

Ontology-driven conceptual modeling (ODCM) is still a relatively new research domain in
the field of information systems and there is still much discussion on how the research in …

Systems engineering (SE) is experiencing a significant expansion that encompasses
increasingly complex systems. However, a common body of knowledge on how to apply …

Introduction Taxonomies capture knowledge about a particular domain in a succinct manner
and establish a common understanding among peers. Researchers use taxonomies to …

Industrial companies already apply digital twins for the digital representation of the physical
world. In addition, information sharing becomes increasingly decisive for the competition, eg …

Emerging technologies are characterized by their uncertainty and potential impact.
Decisions about these technologies are therefore crucial and difficult. The problem is …

Thesauri and other types of controlled vocabularies are increasingly re‐engineered into
ontologies described using the Web Ontology Language (OWL), particularly in the life …

Abstract Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS)-based sensors have seen significant
improvements in accuracy and cost over the past several years, and due to the need for …