Revolutionizing Collaboration through e-Work, e-Business, and e-Service

• Main Authors: Nof, Shimon Y. (Author), Ceroni, Jose (Author), Jeong, Wootae (Author), Moghaddam, Mohsen (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Automation, Collaboration, & E-Services, 2
• Subjects: Engineering.; Management.; Industrial management.; Production management.; Artificial intelligence.; System theory.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Manufacturing industries.; Machines.; Tools.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Manufacturing, Machines, Tools.; Innovation/Technology Management.; Operations Management.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Systems Theory, Control.

Collaboration in highly distributed organizations of people, robots, and autonomous systems is and must be revolutionized by engineering augmentation. The aim is to augment humans’ abilities at work and, through this augmentation, improve organizations’ abilities to accomplish their missions. This b...

Table of Contents:

• Definitions, Scope, and Significance
• Design with Collaborative Control Theory
• Rationalization
• Optimization and Control
• Tools for e-Work
• e-Work in Product and Service Development
• e-Logistics, e-Production, and e-Supply Networks
• Factory Sensors and RFID Networks
• e-Service Industry
• e-Learning and e-Training
• Emerging Trends and Research Challenges.