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TY - JOUR
T1 - A comprehensive framework for analyzing iot platforms
T2 - A smart city industrial experience
AU - Fahmideh, M.
AU - Yan, J.
AU - Shen, J.
AU - Mougouei, D.
AU - Zhai, Y.
AU - Ahmad, A.
PY - 2021/4/28
Y1 - 2021/4/28
N2 - The compliance of IoT platforms to quality is paramount to achieve users’ satisfaction. Currently, we do not have a comprehensive set of guidelines to appraise and select the most suitable IoT platform architectures that meet relevant criteria. This paper is a tentative response to this critical knowledge gap where we adopted the design science research approach to develop a novel evaluation framework. Our research, on the one hand, stimulates an unbiased competition among IoT platform providers and, on the other hand, establishes a solid foundation for IoT platform consumers to make informed decisions in this multiplicity. The application of the framework is illustrated in example scenarios. Moreover, lessons learned from applying design science research are shared.
AB - The compliance of IoT platforms to quality is paramount to achieve users’ satisfaction. Currently, we do not have a comprehensive set of guidelines to appraise and select the most suitable IoT platform architectures that meet relevant criteria. This paper is a tentative response to this critical knowledge gap where we adopted the design science research approach to develop a novel evaluation framework. Our research, on the one hand, stimulates an unbiased competition among IoT platform providers and, on the other hand, establishes a solid foundation for IoT platform consumers to make informed decisions in this multiplicity. The application of the framework is illustrated in example scenarios. Moreover, lessons learned from applying design science research are shared.
KW - design science research
KW - IoT platform
KW - evaluation framework
KW - architecture evaluation
KW - decision making
KW - smart city
U2 - 10.3390/smartcities4020031
DO - 10.3390/smartcities4020031
M3 - Journal article
VL - 4
SP - 588
EP - 622
JO - Smart Cities
JF - Smart Cities
SN - 2624-6511
IS - 2
ER -