Social Sensors (S2ensors): A Kind of Hardware-Software-Integrated Mediators for Social Manufacturing Systems Under Mass Individualization

Currently, little work has been devoted to the mediators and tools for multi-role production interactions in the mass individualization environment. This paper proposes a kind of hardware-software-integrated mediators called social sensors (S 2 ensors) to facilitate the production interactions among...

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Published in:Chinese journal of mechanical engineering 2017-09, Vol.30 (5), p.1150-1161
Main Authors: Ding, Kai, Jiang, Ping-Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applications programs
Decision making
Electrical Machines and Networks
Electronics and Microelectronics
Engineering
Engineering Thermodynamics
Hardware
Heat and Mass Transfer
Instrumentation
Machines
Manufacturing
Mechanical Engineering
Mobile computing
Original Article
Power Electronics
Processes
Production methods
Sensors
Software
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
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Summary:Currently, little work has been devoted to the mediators and tools for multi-role production interactions in the mass individualization environment. This paper proposes a kind of hardware-software-integrated mediators called social sensors (S 2 ensors) to facilitate the production interactions among customers, manufacturers, and other stakeholders in the social manufacturing systems (SMS). The concept, classification, operational logics, and formalization of S 2 ensors are clarified. S 2 ensors collect subjective data from physical sensors and objective data from sensory input in mobile Apps, merge them into meaningful information for decision-making, and finally feed the decisions back for reaction and execution. Then, an S 2 ensors-Cloud platform is discussed to integrate different S 2 ensors to work for SMSs in an autonomous way. A demonstrative case is studied by developing a prototype system and the results show that S 2 ensors and S 2 ensors-Cloud platform can assist multi-role stakeholders interact and collaborate for the production tasks. It reveals the mediator-enabled mechanisms and methods for production interactions among stakeholders in SMS.
ISSN:1000-9345
2192-8258
DOI:10.1007/s10033-017-0167-4