@article{29462,
abstract = {{Time-variant age information of different parts of a system can be used for system-level performance improvement through high-level task scheduling, thus extending the life-time of the system. Progressive age information should provide the age state that the system is in, and the rate that it is being aged at. In this paper, we propose a structure that monitors certain paths of a circuit and detects its gradual age growth, and provides the aging rate and aging state of the circuit. The proposed monitors are placed on a selected set of nodes that represent a timing bottleneck of the system. These monitors sample expected data on these nodes, and compare them with the expected values. The timing of sampling changes as the circuit ages and its delay increases. The timing of sampling will provide a measure of aging advancement of a circuit. To assess the efficacy of the proposed method and compare it with other state-of-the-art aging monitors, we use them on selected nodes of the execution unit of different processors, as well as some circuits from ITC99 benchmarks. The results reveal that the precision of our proposed method is between 0.12 (ns) to 0.401 (ns). Its Area and power overhead are negligible and are about 2.13 and 0.69 percent respectively.}},
author = {{Sadeghi-Kohan, Somayeh and Kamal, Mehdi and Navabi, Zainalabedin}},
issn = {{2168-6750}},
journal = {{IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing}},
keywords = {{Age advancement, age monitoring clock, aging rate, self-adjusting monitors}},
number = {{3}},
pages = {{627--641}},
publisher = {{Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)}},
title = {{{Self-Adjusting Monitor for Measuring Aging Rate and Advancement}}},
doi = {{10.1109/tetc.2017.2771441}},
volume = {{8}},
year = {{2017}},
}
@article{45590,
author = {{Kesternich, Martin and Reif, Christiane and Rübbelke, Dirk}},
issn = {{0924-6460}},
journal = {{Environmental and Resource Economics}},
keywords = {{Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Economics and Econometrics}},
number = {{3}},
pages = {{403--411}},
publisher = {{Springer Science and Business Media LLC}},
title = {{{Recent Trends in Behavioral Environmental Economics}}},
doi = {{10.1007/s10640-017-0162-3}},
volume = {{67}},
year = {{2017}},
}
@article{43212,
author = {{Rodriguez Lopez, Juan Miguel and Engels, Anita and Knoll, Lisa}},
issn = {{1469-3062}},
journal = {{Climate Policy}},
keywords = {{Atmospheric Science, Environmental Science (miscellaneous), Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law}},
number = {{3}},
pages = {{346--360}},
publisher = {{Informa UK Limited}},
title = {{{Understanding carbon trading: Effects of delegating CO2 responsibility on organizations’ trading behaviour}}},
doi = {{10.1080/14693062.2015.1119096}},
volume = {{17}},
year = {{2016}},
}
@article{45591,
author = {{Gallier, Carlo and Kesternich, Martin and Sturm, Bodo}},
issn = {{0924-6460}},
journal = {{Environmental and Resource Economics}},
keywords = {{Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Economics and Econometrics}},
number = {{3}},
pages = {{535--557}},
publisher = {{Springer Science and Business Media LLC}},
title = {{{Voting for Burden Sharing Rules in Public Goods Games}}},
doi = {{10.1007/s10640-016-0022-6}},
volume = {{67}},
year = {{2016}},
}
@inproceedings{10674,
author = {{Ho, Nam and Kaufmann, Paul and Platzner, Marco}},
booktitle = {{24th Intl. Conf. on Field Programmable Logic and Applications (FPL)}},
keywords = {{Linux, hardware-software codesign, multiprocessing systems, parallel processing, LEON3 multicore platform, Linux kernel, PMU, hardware counters, hardware-software infrastructure, high performance embedded computing, perf_event, performance monitoring unit, Computer architecture, Hardware, Monitoring, Phasor measurement units, Radiation detectors, Registers, Software}},
pages = {{1--4}},
title = {{{A hardware/software infrastructure for performance monitoring on LEON3 multicore platforms}}},
doi = {{10.1109/FPL.2014.6927437}},
year = {{2014}},
}
@article{47911,
abstract = {{ABSTRACTThis study examines how the disclosure of negative sustainability‐related incidents affects the investment‐related judgments of decision‐makers. Participants in a sequential 2 × 2 between‐subjects experiment first received a company's financial information before viewing additional sustainability information (by the company and by a non‐governmental organization (NGO); with and without negative disclosure). Results indicate that self‐reporting of negative incidents does not affect decision‐makers’ stock price estimates and investment decisions compared with judgments based on financial information only. However, third‐party disclosure of these incidents by a NGO has a negative affect on these investment‐related judgments. Furthermore, the magnitude of the NGO reporting effect depends on whether the company itself simultaneously reports these incidents. Thus, disclosing negative incidents in sustainability reporting could lose some of its apparent stigma. Instead of avoiding negative reporting altogether, managers might use it as a risk mitigation tool in their reporting strategy. The results also emphasize the power of the often‐mentioned ‘watchdog’ function of NGOs acting as stakeholder advocates. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment}},
author = {{Reimsbach, Daniel and Hahn, Rüdiger}},
issn = {{0964-4733}},
journal = {{Business Strategy and the Environment}},
keywords = {{Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Strategy and Management, Geography, Planning and Development, Business and International Management}},
number = {{4}},
pages = {{217--235}},
publisher = {{Wiley}},
title = {{{The Effects of Negative Incidents in Sustainability Reporting on Investors’ Judgments–an Experimental Study of Third‐party Versus Self‐disclosure in the Realm of Sustainable Development}}},
doi = {{10.1002/bse.1816}},
volume = {{24}},
year = {{2013}},
}
@article{4706,
abstract = {{Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show how to employ complex event processing (CEP) for the observation and management of business processes. It proposes a conceptual architecture of BPM event producer, processor, and consumer and describes technical implications for the application with standard software in a perfect order scenario. Design/methodology/approach – The authors discuss business process analytics as the technological background. The capabilities of CEP in a BPM context are outlined an architecture design is proposed. A sophisticated proof-of-concept demonstrates its applicability. Findings – The results overcome the separation and data latency issues of process controlling, monitoring, and simulation. Distinct analyses of past, present, and future blur into a holistic real-time approach. The authors highlight the necessity for configurable event producer in BPM engines, process event support in CEP engines, a common process event format, connectors to visualizers, notifiers and return channels to the BPM engine. Research limitations/implications – Further research will thoroughly evaluate the approach in a variety of business settings. New concepts and standards for the architecture's building blocks will be needed to improve maintainability and operability. Practical implications – Managers learn how CEP can yield insights into business processes' operations. The paper illustrates a path to overcome inflexibility, latency, and missing feedback mechanisms of current process modeling and control solutions. Software vendors might be interested in the conceptualization and the described needs for further development. Originality/value – So far, there is no commercial CEP-based BPM solution which facilitates a round trip from insight to action as outlines. As major software vendors have begun developing solutions (BPM/BPA solutions), this paper will stimulate a debate between research and practice on suitable design and technology.}},
author = {{Janiesch, Christian and Matzner, Martin and Müller, Oliver}},
isbn = {{1020120096}},
issn = {{14637154}},
journal = {{Business Process Management Journal}},
keywords = {{Architecture, Business activity monitoring, Business process management, Business process re-engineering, Complex event processing, Computer software, Standard software}},
number = {{4}},
pages = {{625----643}},
title = {{{Beyond process monitoring: A proof-of-concept of event-driven business activity management}}},
doi = {{10.1108/14637151211253765}},
year = {{2012}},
}
@inproceedings{9783,
abstract = {{To optimize the ultrasound irradiation for cavitation based ultrasound applications like sonochemistry or ultrasound cleaning, the correlation between cavitation intensity and the resulting effect on the process is of interest. Furthermore, changing conditions like temperature and pressure result in varying acoustic properties of the liquid. That might necessitate an adaption of the ultrasound irradiation. To detect such changes during operation, process monitoring is desired. Labor intensive processes, that might be carried out for several hours, also require process monitoring to increase their reliability by detection of changes or malfunctions during operation. In some applications cavitation detection and monitoring can be achieved by the application of sensors in the sound field. Though the application of sensors is possible, this necessitates modifications on the system and the sensor might disturb the sound field. In other applications harsh, process conditions prohibit the application of sensors in the sound field. Therefore alternative techniques for cavitation detection and monitoring are desired. The applicability of an external microphone and a self-sensing ultrasound transducer for cavitation detection were experimentally investigated. Both methods were found to be suitable and easily applicable.}},
author = {{Bornmann, Peter and Hemsel, Tobias and Sextro, Walter and Maeda, Takafumi and Morita, Takeshi}},
booktitle = {{Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 2012 IEEE International}},
issn = {{1948-5719}},
keywords = {{cavitation, chemical reactors, microphones, process monitoring, reliability, ultrasonic applications, ultrasonic waves, acoustic properties, cavitation based ultrasound applications, cavitation intensity, change detection reliability, external microphone, malfunction detection reliability, nonperturbing cavitation detection, nonperturbing cavitation monitoring, process monitoring, self-sensing ultrasound transducer, sonochemical reactors, sonochemistry, ultrasound cleaning, ultrasound irradiation, Acoustics, Liquids, Monitoring, Sensors, Sonar equipment, Transducers, Ultrasonic imaging}},
pages = {{1141--1144}},
title = {{{Non-perturbing cavitation detection / monitoring in sonochemical reactors}}},
doi = {{10.1109/ULTSYM.2012.0284}},
year = {{2012}},
}
@inproceedings{9791,
abstract = {{The rapid development of communication and information technology opens up fascinating perspectives, which go far beyond the state of the art in mechatronics: mechatronic systems with inherent partial intelligence. These so called self-optimizing systems adapt their objectives and behavior autonomously and flexibly to changing operating conditions. On the one hand, securing the dependability of such systems is challenging due to their complexity and non-deterministic behavior. On the other hand, self-optimization can be used to increase the dependability of the system during its operation. However, it has to be ensured, that the self-optimization works dependable itself. To cope with these challenges, the multi-level dependability concept was developed. It enables predictive condition monitoring, influences the objectives of the system and determines suitable means to improve the system's dependability during its operation. In this contribution we introduce a procedure for the conceptual design of an advanced condition monitoring based on the system's principle solution. The principle solution describes the principal operation mode of the system and its desired behavior. It is modeled using the specification technique for the domain-spanning description of the principle solution of a self-optimizing system and consists of a coherent system of eight partial models (e.g. requirements, active structure, system of objectives, behavior, etc.). The partial models are analyzed separately in order to derive the components of the multi-level dependability concept. In particular, the reliability analysis of the partial model active structure is performed to identify the system elements to be monitored and parameters to be measured. The principle solution is extended accordingly: e.g. with system elements required for the realization of the dependability concept. The advantages of the method are shown on the self-optimizing guidance module of a railroad vehicle.}},
author = {{Sondermann-Wölke , Christoph and Meyer, Tobias and Dorociak, Rafal and Gausemeier, Jürgen and Sextro, Walter}},
booktitle = {{Proceedings of the 11th International Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference (PSAM11) and The Annual European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL2012)}},
keywords = {{Mechatronic Systems, Principle Solution, Condition Monitoring, Conceptual Design}},
title = {{{Conceptual Design of Advanced Condition Monitoring for a Self-Optimizing System based on its Principle Solution}}},
year = {{2012}},
}
@inproceedings{1120,
abstract = {{SCM is a simple, modular and flexible system for web monitoring and customer interaction management. In our view, its main advantages are the following: It is completely web based. It combines all technologies, data, software agents and human agents involved in the monitoring and customer interaction process. It can be used for messages written in any natural language. Although the prototype of SCM is designed for classifying and processing messages about mobile-phone related problems in social networks, SCM can easily be adapted to other text types such as discussion board posts, blogs or emails. Unlike comparable systems, SCM uses linguistic technologies to classify messages and recognize paraphrases of product names. For two reasons, product name paraphrasing plays a major role in SCM: First, product names typically have many, sometimes hundreds or thousands of intralingual paraphrases. Secondly, product names have interlingual paraphrases: The same products are often called or spelt differently in different countries and/or languages. By mapping product name variants to an international canonical form, SCM allows for answering questions like Which statements are made about this mobile phone in which languages/in which social networks/in which countries/...? The SCM product name paraphrasing engine is designed in such a way that standard variants are assigned automatically, regular variants are assigned semiautomatically and idiosyncratic variants can be added manually. With this and similar features we try to realize our philosophy of simplicity, modularity and flexibility: Whatever can be done automatically is done automatically. But manual intervention is always possible and easy and it does not conflict in any way with the automatic functions of SCM.}},
author = {{Schuster, Jörg and Lee, Yeong Su and Kobothanassi, Despina and Bargel, Matthias and Geierhos, Michaela}},
booktitle = {{International Conference on Information Society (i-Society 2011)}},
isbn = {{978-1-61284-148-9}},
keywords = {{Social Media Business Integration, Contact Center Application Support, Monitoring Social Conversations, Social Customer Interaction Management, Monitoring, Software Agents}},
location = {{London, UK}},
pages = {{153--158}},
publisher = {{IEEE}},
title = {{{SCM - A Simple, Modular and Flexible Customer Interaction Management System}}},
year = {{2011}},
}
@article{9761,
abstract = {{New mechatronic systems, called self-optimizing systems, are able to adapt their behavior according to environmental, user and system specific influences. Self-optimizing systems are complex and due to their non-deterministic behavior comprise hidden risks, which cannot be foreseen in the design phase of the system. Therefore, modifications of the ISO 17359 condition monitoring policy for being able to cope with this new kind of systems are presented. Besides avoiding critical situations evoked by self-optimization, the proposed concept uses self-optimization to increase the dependability of the system. This concept is applied to the active guidance module of an innovative rail-bound vehicle. First test drives provide information for the enhancement of the implementation of realtime switching to appropriate control strategies. The different control strategies are investigated in detail. It is illustrated that influences on the system like different track sections or the desired velocity of the RailCab effect the system and can lead to a higher amount of flange contacts, which indicate higher wear and thus a reduction of the availability of the system. Therefore, these influences should be minded within the condition monitoring policy. Consequently, this article presents the condition monitoring policy for self-optimizing function modules and its application to the active railway guidance module.}},
author = {{Sondermann-Wölke, Christoph and Sextro, Walter}},
journal = {{International Journal On Advances in Intelligent Systems}},
keywords = {{dependability, condition monitoring, selfoptimization, active railway guidance module}},
number = {{1 - 3}},
pages = {{65 -- 74}},
title = {{{Integration of Condition Monitoring in Self-optimizing Function Modules Applied to the Active Railway Guidance Module}}},
volume = {{3}},
year = {{2010}},
}
@inproceedings{9763,
abstract = {{Recent advances in information processing enable new kinds of technical systems, called self-optimizing systems. These systems are able to adapt their objectives and their behavior according to the current situation and influences autonomously. This behavior adaptation is non-deterministic and hence self-optimization is a risk to the system, e.g. if the result of the self-optimization process does not match the suddenly changed situation. In contrary, self-optimization could be used to increase the dependability by pursuing objectives like reliability and availability. In our preceding publications we introduced the so called multi-level dependability concept to cope with this new kind of systems (cf. [6]). This concept comprises the monitoring of the system behavior, the classification of the current situation, and the selection of the appropriate measure, if reliability limits are exceeded. In this paper we present for the first time experimental results. The dependability concept is implemented in the self-optimizing active guidance system of a railway vehicle. The test drives illustrate clearly that the proposed concept is able to cope with, e.g., sensor failures, and is able to increase the reliability and availability of the active guidance module.}},
author = {{Sondermann-Wölke, Christoph and Geisler, Jens and Sextro, Walter}},
booktitle = {{Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS), 2010 Proceedings - Annual}},
issn = {{0149-144X}},
keywords = {{availability, dependability concept, multilevel dependability concept, railway vehicle, reliability, self optimizing active guidance system, self optimizing railway guidance system, situation classification, system behavior monitoring, optimal control, railways, reliability theory, self-adjusting systems}},
pages = {{1 --6}},
title = {{{Increasing the reliability of a self-optimizing railway guidance system}}},
doi = {{10.1109/RAMS.2010.5448080}},
year = {{2010}},
}
@inproceedings{37057,
abstract = {{Many heterogeneous embedded systems, for example industrial automation and automotive applications, require hard-real time constraints to be exhaustively verified - which is a challenging task for the verification engineer. To cope with complexity, verification techniques working on different abstraction levels are best practice. SystemC is a versatile C++ based design and verification language, offering various mechanisms and constructs required for embedded systems modeling. Using the add-on SystemC Verification Library (SCV) elemental constrained-random stimuli techniques may be used for verification. However, SCV has several drawbacks such as lack of functional coverage. In this paper we present a functional coverage library that implements parts of the IEEE 1800-2005 SystemVerilog standard and allows capturing functional coverage throughout the design and verification process with SystemC. Moreover, we will demonstrate the usability of the approach with a case study working on a CAN bus model written in SystemC.}},
author = {{Defo, Gilles B. and Müller, Wolfgang and Kuznik, Christoph}},
booktitle = {{Proceedings of SIES 2010}},
keywords = {{Libraries, Generators, Transfer functions, Monitoring, Computational modeling, Driver circuits, Adaptation model}},
location = {{ Trento, Italy}},
publisher = {{IEEE}},
title = {{{Verification of a CAN Bus Model in SystemC with Functional Coverage}}},
doi = {{10.1109/SIES.2010.5551379}},
year = {{2010}},
}
@inproceedings{9742,
abstract = {{New mechatronic systems, called self-optimizing systems, are able to adapt their behavior according to environmental, user and system specific influences. Self-optimizing systems are complex and due to their non-deterministic behavior comprise hidden risks, which cannot be foreseen in the design phase of the system. Therefore, this paper presents modifications of the current condition monitoring policy, to be able to cope with this new kind of systems. Beside avoiding critical situations evoked by self-optimization, the proposed concept uses self-optimization to increase the dependability of the system. In this case, the concept is applied to the active guidance module of an innovative rail-bound vehicle.}},
author = {{Sondermann-Wölke, Christoph and Sextro, Walter}},
booktitle = {{Future Computing, Service Computation, Cognitive, Adaptive, Content, Patterns, 2009. COMPUTATIONWORLD '09. Computation World:}},
keywords = {{condition monitoring, mechatronic systems, rail bound vehicle, rail guidance module, self-optimization, self-optimizing function modules, condition monitoring, mechatronics, railway rolling stock, self-adjusting systems}},
pages = {{15 --20}},
title = {{{Towards the Integration of Condition Monitoring in Self-Optimizing Function Modules}}},
doi = {{10.1109/ComputationWorld.2009.47}},
year = {{2009}},
}
@article{43216,
author = {{Engels, Anita and Knoll, Lisa and Huth, Martin}},
issn = {{0961-0405}},
journal = {{European Environment}},
keywords = {{Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Geography, Planning and Development}},
number = {{5}},
pages = {{276--297}},
publisher = {{Wiley}},
title = {{{Preparing for the ‘real’ market: national patterns of institutional learning and company behaviour in the European Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS)}}},
doi = {{10.1002/eet.485}},
volume = {{18}},
year = {{2008}},
}