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Understanding Data Heterogeneity in the Context of Cyber-Physical Systems Integration

IEEE Transactions on Industrial InformaticsPublished 28 July 2016
Václav Jirkovský, Marek Obitko, Vladimı́r Mařı́k
Citations147
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score3.42
SNIP3.22

TL;DR

Various types of heterogeneity with emphasis to a semantic heterogeneity are described and the implementation of the semantic heterogeneity reduction with the focus on using Semantic Web technologies for a data integration is introduced.

Abstract

The current gradual adoption of the Industry 4.0 is the research trend that includes more intensive utilization of cyber-physical systems (CPSs). The computerization of manufacturing will bring many advantages but it is needed to face the heterogeneity problem during an integration of various CPSs for enabling this progress. In this paper, we describe various types of heterogeneity with emphasis to a semantic heterogeneity. The CPSs integration problem is classified into two different challenges. Next, we introduce the approach and the implementation of the semantic heterogeneity reduction with the focus on using Semantic Web technologies for a data integration. Then, the Big Data approach is described for facilitating the implementation. Finally, the possible solution is demonstrated on our proposed semantic Big Data historian.

Keywords

Computer ScienceBusiness, Management and AccountingEngineering