Service Science, Management, and Engineering:

Intelligent Systems Series

Preface

Chapter 1. Overview of Service Science, Management, and Engineering

1.1 What Is SSME?

1.2 Why Do We Need SSME?

1.3 How Do We Benefit from SSME?

1.4 Summary

References

Chapter 2. Servitization Strategy

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Background

2.3 Research Methodology

2.4 Servitization Strategy for PC Industry

2.5 Managerial and Practical Implications

2.6 Conclusions

Acknowledgments

References

Chapter 3. Supply Chain Finance

3.1 Inefficient Financial Supply Chain

3.2 Introduction to SCF Solutions

3.3 Mathematical Representations of Supply Chain Finance

3.4 Future Research

References

Chapter 4. Designing and Assessing Participatory Public Services for Emerging Markets

4.1 COCKPIT: A Participatory Service Design Methodology in a European Context

4.2 Challenges of Service Provision in Emerging Markets

4.3 COCKPIT for Emerging Markets (CEM)

4.4 CEM Prototype and Implementation

4.5 Assessing Corruption in Public Services in Emerging Markets

4.6 Transparency Assessment of Public Services in Emerging Markets

4.7 Concluding Remarks

References

Appendix

Chapter 5. Recommendation Algorithms for Implicit Information

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Preliminaries

5.3 Neighborhood Models

5.4 Matrix Factorization Models

5.5 A Hybrid Model of Implicit and Feature Information

5.6 Experimental Study

5.7 Conclusions

Acknowledgments

References

Chapter 6. Online Strategies for Optimizing Medical Supply in Disaster Scenarios

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Related Work

6.3 Experimental Setup

6.4 Algorithms for Optimization

6.5 Experiments and Results

6.6 Conclusions

References

Chapter 7. Evaluating Traffic Signal Control Systems Based on Artificial Transportation Systems

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Developing an Artificial Transportation System from the Bottom Up

7.3 The Evaluation Method

7.4 Building the Evaluation Platform

7.5 GreenPass System

7.6 Experiments

7.7 Conclusions

References

Chapter 8. An Approach to Optimize Police Patrol Activities Based on the Spatial Pattern of Crime Hotspots

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Background

8.3 Strategy for Near-Optimal Patrol Route Planning

8.4 A Case Study

8.5 Conclusions and Prospects

References

Chapter 9. Chemical Emergency Management Research Based on ACP Approach

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Problems and Challenges

9.3 A Research Framework: Parallel Emergency Management System

9.4 Case Study

9.5 Conclusions

References

Chapter 10. Bus Arrival Prediction and Trip Planning for Better User Experience and Services

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Literature Review

10.3 Bus Arrival Prediction

10.4 Bus Trip Planning

10.5 Prototype and Experiments

10.6 Conclusions

References

Chapter 11. Mass Customization Manufacturing and Its Application for Mobile Phone Production

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Mobile Phone Production Process Description

11.3 Mass Customization Manufacturing Solution

11.4 Conclusions

Acknowledgments

References

Chapter 12. ACP Approach-Based Plant Human–Machine Interaction Evaluation

12.1 Introduction

12.2 Artificial Human–Machine System

12.3 Experimental Environment

12.4 Design of Computational Experiments

12.5 Expected Effects

12.6 Conclusions

References

Chapter 13. Cloud of Health for Connected Patients

13.1 Introduction

13.2 Drivers for Change in Health Care

13.3 Applications

13.4 Conclusions of Cloud of Health

13.5 Case Study of SMS Messaging in Health Promotion

13.6 Characteristics of SMS for Use in Healthcare Promotion

13.7 Conclusions of SMS for Use in Healthcare Promotion

References

Chapter 14. Construction of Artificial Grid Systems Based on ACP Approach

14.1 Introduction

14.2 ACP Approach

14.3 Complex Network Characteristics of Power Grids

14.4 Construction of Artificial Grid Systems

14.5 A Case Study

14.6 Conclusions

References

Chapter 15. Influence of Electric Vehicles on After-Sales Service

15.1 Introduction

15.2 After-Sales Service in the Automotive Industry

15.3 Changes Due to the Increasing Share of Electric Mobility

15.4 The Impact on Stakeholders

15.5 Future Perspectives

References

Chapter 16. Service Modeling Optimization and Service Composition QoS Analysis

16.1 Introduction

16.2 BPEL4WS-Based Modeling Optimization

16.3 Web Service Composition Quality Analysis with Stochastic Service Times

16.4 Conclusions

References

Chapter 17. Urban Traffic Management System Based on Ontology and Multiagent System

17.1 Introduction

17.2 Literature Review

17.3 Ontology of Urban Traffic Management System

17.4 Multiagent System Architecture

17.5 Conclusions

References

Index