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- John, Meenu Mary, et al.
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Towards an AI-driven business development framework: A multi-case study
- 2023
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Ingår i: Journal of Software: Evolution and Process. - : Wiley. - 2047-7481 .- 2047-7473. ; 35:6
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Artificial intelligence (AI) and the use of machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) technologies are becoming increasingly popular in companies. These technologies enable companies to leverage big quantities of data to improve system performance and accelerate business development. However, despite the appeal of ML/DL, there is a lack of systematic and structured methods and processes to help data scientists and other company roles and functions to develop, deploy and evolve models. In this paper, based on multi-case study research in six companies, we explore practices and challenges practitioners experience in developing ML/DL models as part of large software-intensive embedded systems. Based on our empirical findings, we derive a conceptual framework in which we identify three high-level activities that companies perform in parallel with the development, deployment and evolution of models. Within this framework, we outline activities, iterations and triggers that optimize model design as well as roles and company functions. In this way, we provide practitioners with a blueprint for effectively integrating ML/DL model development into the business to achieve better results than other (algorithmic) approaches. In addition, we show how this framework helps companies solve the challenges we have identified and discuss checkpoints for terminating the business case.
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- Munappy, Aiswarya Raj, 1990, et al.
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On the Trade-off Between Robustness and Complexity in Data Pipelines
- 2021
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Ingår i: Quality of Information and Communications Technology. - Cham : Springer. - 9783030853464 - 9783030853471 ; 1439 CCIS, s. 401-415
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Data pipelines play an important role throughout the data management process whether these are used for data analytics or machine learning. Data-driven organizations can make use of data pipelines for producing good quality data applications. Moreover, data pipelines ensure end-to-end velocity by automating the processes involved in extracting, transforming, combining, validating, and loading data for further analysis and visualization. However, the robustness of data pipelines is equally important since unhealthy data pipelines can add more noise to the input data. This paper identifies the essential elements for a robust data pipeline and analyses the trade-off between data pipeline robustness and complexity.
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- Lorig, Fabian, et al.
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Comparative Validation of Simulation Models for the COVID-19 Crisis
- 2021
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Ingår i: Social Simulation for a Crisis. - Cham : Springer Nature. - 9783030763961 - 9783030763978 ; , s. 331-352
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Modelling and simulation approaches are applied in a variety of scientific disciplines for analysing, planning, and optimising complex systems or phenomena. Simulation is not limited to applications related to computer science or information systems research [2] and has also become an accepted method, for example, in social sciences and medicine. But also for solving practical problems, e.g., in manufacturing, logistics, or engineering, the use of simulation is increasingly common. Due to its popularity and versatility, simulation is even referred to as a third pillar of science between theory and experiment [1].
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- Munappy, Aiswarya Raj, 1990, et al.
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Data Management Challenges for Deep Learning
- 2019
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Ingår i: Proceedings - 45th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, SEAA 2019. - : IEEE. ; , s. 140-147
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- © 2019 IEEE. Deep learning is one of the most exciting and fast-growing techniques in Artificial Intelligence. The unique capacity of deep learning models to automatically learn patterns from the data differentiates it from other machine learning techniques. Deep learning is responsible for a significant number of recent breakthroughs in AI. However, deep learning models are highly dependent on the underlying data. So, consistency, accuracy, and completeness of data is essential for a deep learning model. Thus, data management principles and practices need to be adopted throughout the development process of deep learning models. The objective of this study is to identify and categorise data management challenges faced by practitioners in different stages of end-to-end development. In this paper, a case study approach is employed to explore the data management issues faced by practitioners across various domains when they use real-world data for training and deploying deep learning models. Our case study is intended to provide valuable insights to the deep learning community as well as for data scientists to guide discussion and future research in applied deep learning with real-world data.
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- Fredriksson, Teodor, 1992, et al.
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Machine learning models for automatic labeling: A systematic literature review
- 2020
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Ingår i: ICSOFT 2020 - Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Software Technologies. - : SCITEPRESS - Science and Technology Publications. ; , s. 552-566
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Automatic labeling is a type of classification problem. Classification has been studied with the help of statistical methods for a long time. With the explosion of new better computer processing units (CPUs) and graphical processing units (GPUs) the interest in machine learning has grown exponentially and we can use both statistical learning algorithms as well as deep neural networks (DNNs) to solve the classification tasks. Classification is a supervised machine learning problem and there exists a large amount of methodology for performing such task. However, it is very rare in industrial applications that data is fully labeled which is why we need good methodology to obtain error-free labels. The purpose of this paper is to examine the current literature on how to perform labeling using ML, we will compare these models in terms of popularity and on what datatypes they are used on. We performed a systematic literature review of empirical studies for machine learning for labeling. We identified 43 primary studies relevant to our search. From this we were able to determine the most common machine learning models for labeling. Lack of unlabeled instances is a major problem for industry as supervised learning is the most widely used. Obtaining labels is costly in terms of labor and financial costs. Based on our findings in this review we present alternate ways for labeling data for use in supervised learning tasks.
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- Spalazzese, Romina, et al.
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INTERO: An Interoperability Model for Large Systems
- 2020
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Ingår i: IEEE Software. - : IEEE. - 1937-4194 .- 0740-7459. ; 37:3, s. 38-45
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The INTERO (interoperability) model helps organizations manage and improve interoperability among their large, evolving software systems. They can analyze a specific interoperability problem, conceive strategies to enhance interoperability, and reevaluate the problem to determine whether interoperability has improved.
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- Dakkak, Anas, et al.
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Customer Support In The Era of Continuous Deployment: A Software-Intensive Embedded Systems Case Study
- 2022
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Ingår i: Proceedings - 2022 IEEE 46th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2022. - : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). ; , s. 914-923
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Supporting customers after they acquire the prod-uct is essential for companies producing and selling software-intensive embedded systems products. Generally, customer sup-port is the first interaction point between the product users and the product vendor. Customer support is often engaged with answering customers' questions, troubleshooting, fault identification, and fixing product faults. While continuous deployment advocates for closer cooperation between the ones operating the software and the ones developing it, the means of such collaboration in general and the role of customer support, in particular, has not been addressed in the context of software-intensive embedded systems. Therefore, to better understand the impact that continuous deployment has on customer support and the role customer support should play in this context, we conducted a case study at a multinational company developing and selling telecommunications networks infrastructure. We focused on the 4th and 5th Generation (4G and 5G) Radio Access Networks (RAN) products, which can be considered a high volume product as they cover more than 80% of the world's population. Our study reveals that customer support needs to transition from a transaction-based and passive function triggered by customer support requests, to take an active role characterized by being proactive and preemptive to cope with the shorter operational time of a software version introduced by continuous deployment. In addition, customer support plays an essential role in making the feedback actionable by aggregating and consolidating feedback data to the R&D organization.
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- Bosch, Jan, 1967, et al.
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Engineering AI systems: A research agenda
- 2022
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Ingår i: Accelerating Digital Transformation: 10 Years of Software Center. - Cham : Springer. - 9783031108730 - 9783031108723 - 9783031108754 ; , s. 407-425
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are increasingly broadly adopted in industry, However, based on well over a dozen case studies, we have learned that deploying industry-strength, production quality ML models in systems proves to be challenging. Companies experience challenges related to data quality, design methods and processes, performance of models as well as deployment and compliance. We learned that a new, structured engineering approach is required to construct and evolve systems that contain ML/DL components. In this chapter, we provide a conceptualization of the typical evolution patterns that companies experience when employing ML as well as an overview of the key problems experienced by the companies that we have studied. The main contribution of the chapter is a research agenda for AI engineering that provides an overview of the key engineering challenges surrounding ML solutions and an overview of open items that need to be addressed by the research community at large.
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- Dzhusupova, Rimman, et al.
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Challenges in developing and deploying AI in the engineering, procurement and construction industry
- 2022
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Ingår i: Proceedings - 2022 IEEE 46th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2022. - : IEEE. ; , s. 1070-1075
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- AI in the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) industry has not yet a proven track record in large-scale projects. Since AI solutions for industrial applications became available only recently, deployment experience and lessons learned are still to be built up. Several research papers exist describing the potential of AI, and many surveys and white papers have been published indicating the challenges of AI deployment in the EPC industry. However, there is a recognizable shortage of in-depth studies of deployment experience in academic literature, particularly those focusing on the experiences of EPC companies involved in large-scale project execution with high safety standards, such as the petrochemical or energy sector. The novelty of this research is that we explore in detail the challenges and obstacles faced in developing and deploying AI in a large-scale project in the EPC industry based on real-life use cases performed in an EPC company. Those identified challenges are not linked to specific technology or a company's know-how and, therefore, are universal. The findings in this paper aim to provide feedback to academia to reduce the gap between research and practice experience. They also help reveal the hidden stones when implementing AI solutions in the industry.
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- Lundsten, Jonas, et al.
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Motives for Participation in Formal Standardisation Processes for Geographic Information : An Empirical Study in Sweden
- 2017
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Ingår i: International Journal of Standardization Research (IJSR). - : IGI Global. - 2470-8542 .- 2470-8550. ; 15:1, s. 16-28
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The purpose of this article is to investigate the personal motives for participation in formalstandardization processes for geographic information. The method involved interviewing membersof technical committees at the Swedish Standards Institute, SIS. The results are that the majority ofthe interviewees are very motivated in their work and they think their participation is well-financedby their organizations allocating them to a technical committee. The main motives are to contributeto development of society and be at the forefront of development. However, this article also showsthat several members participating in this study felt that they do not have sufficient time for workingwith tasks related to their technical committees. Their daily work in their respective organizationsoften has higher priority in relation to standardization work. This contrasts with the organizationalgoals of the participating organizations and may slow down the development of standards and otherpublications due to lack of resources.
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