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The Internet of Things (IoT) presents a novel computing architecture for data management: a distributed, highly dynamic, and heterogeneous environment of massive scale. Applications for the IoT introduce new challenges for integrating the…
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In the ever-evolving landscape of computing, the advent of edge and fog computing has revolutionized data processing by bringing it closer to end-users. While cloud computing offers numerous advantages, including mobility, flexibility and…
Data quality is a significant issue for any application that requests for analytics to support decision making. It becomes very important when we focus on Internet of Things (IoT) where numerous devices can interact to exchange and process…
In more and more application areas, we are witnessing the emergence of complex workflows that combine computing, analytics and learning. They often require a hybrid execution infrastructure with IoT devices interconnected to cloud/HPC…
Intelligence Everywhere is predicated on the seamless integration of IoT networks transporting a vast amount of data streams through many computing resources across an edge-to-cloud continuum, relying on the orchestration of distributed…
The Internet of Things (IoT) is regarded as an improved communication system that has revolutionized traditional lifestyles. To function successfully, IoT requires a combination of cloud, fog, and edge computing architectures. Few studies…
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