Role-based collaboration and its kernel mechanisms

Zhu, Haibin; Zhou, MengChu

doi:10.1109/tsmcc.2006.875726

Cited by 262 publications

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“…Finally, this work represents a possibility to further investigate ATM from the perspective of role-based collaboration (RBC) [28], which is a computational methodology that uses roles as the primary underlying mechanism to facilitate collaboration activities. The most prominent model in this paradigm is the Environments-Classes, Agents, Roles, Groups and Objects (E-CARGO) model [29], which divides a system into the aforementioned components. Different relationships can be formalized between these components, which allows complicated systems such as ATM to be formalized.…”

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From Single Aircraft to Communities: A Neutral Interpretation of Air Traffic Complexity Dynamics

et al. 2022

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At present, decision-making in ATM is fragmented between different stakeholders who have different objectives. This fragmentation, in unison with competing KPAs, leads to complex interdependencies between performance indicators, which results in an imbalance, with some of these indicators being penalized to the apparent benefit of others. Therefore, it is necessary to support ATM stakeholders in systematically uncovering hidden trade-offs between KPAs. Existing literature confirms this claim, but how to solve it has not been fully addressed. In this paper, we envision air traffic complexity to be the framework through which a common understanding among stakeholders is enhanced. We introduce the concept of single aircraft complexity to determine the contribution of each aircraft to the overall complexity of air traffic. Furthermore, we describe a methodology extending this concept to define complex communities, which are groups of interdependent aircraft that contribute the majority of the complexity in a certain airspace. Through use-cases based on synthetic and real historical traffic, we first show that the algorithm can serve to formalize and improve decision-making. Further, we illustrates how the provided information can be used to increase transparency of the decision makers towards different airspace users. In order to showcase the methodology, we develop a tool that visualizes different outputs of the algorithm. Lastly, we conduct sensitivity analysis in order to systematically analyse how each input affects the methodology.

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“…In order to achieve maximal collective efficiency, this role assignment method takes into account the actual perception capabilities of the collective robots at the beginning of producing the role task tree. Thus, it is different from traditional methods, such as those in [18, 19], which directly decompose cooperative tasks to achieve role task trees. The perception task of each node of the role task tree is fulfilled by fusing sensing data of each corresponding robot.…”

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micROS: a morphable, intelligent and collective robot operating system

Yang

Dai

et al. 2016

Robot. Biomim.

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Robots are developing in much the same way that personal computers did 40 years ago, and robot operating system is the critical basis. Current robot software is mainly designed for individual robots. We present in this paper the design of micROS, a morphable, intelligent and collective robot operating system for future collective and collaborative robots. We first present the architecture of micROS, including the distributed architecture for collective robot system as a whole and the layered architecture for every single node. We then present the design of autonomous behavior management based on the observe–orient–decide–act cognitive behavior model and the design of collective intelligence including collective perception, collective cognition, collective game and collective dynamics. We also give the design of morphable resource management, which first categorizes robot resources into physical, information, cognitive and social domains, and then achieve morphability based on self-adaptive software technology. We finally deploy micROS on NuBot football robots and achieve significant improvement in real-time performance.

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“…Based on the findings of social psychologists, a role-based collaborative system allows users to know and fulfill their obligations while respecting the rights and authority of other users in collaboration (Zhu & Zhou, 2006) Organizational change has been a key component in enhancing performance and organizational design. Previous processoriented organizational change methods, however, focused on simplifying process flow without examining how it affects other organizational elements.…”

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Pipes and puddles framework: Risk management in manufacturing processes to reduce the total cost of quality

Costas Gual,

Pastor Climent,

Puche Regaliza

et al. 2024

JIEM

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Purpose: Decentralize standards to each process owner is an open issue. Centralized standards are a common situation which puts a big amount of chore tasks against continual improvement. The pipes and puddles framework was born to solve this problem.Design/methodology/approach: Pipes and puddles framework takes its ground in risk management, which is carried out from the perspective of the physics of the process.Findings: Putting a clear difference among reactive and preventive problem-solving is the first observable change when adopting this framework, which drives to keep cost of poor quality (COPQ) permanently close to zero. Another important consequence of adopting this framework is that there is no person responsible for the continuous improvement process, but each process owner is responsible for the continuous improvement of their process.Research limitations/implications: This research is still limited to a few empirical cases of use; the diffusion of its benefits and guidelines to its real implementation is an opportunity for a massive adoption. A formal representation is also necessary.Practical implications: Pipes and puddles framework brings to management a roadmap to foster the role of process owner, providing a decentralized approach towards risk management, to react to non-conformities and to implement effective channels for continual improvement.Social implications: Approach to a green factory as a direct consequence of elimination of COPQ and the empowerment of all employees by having specific roles and regular channels to effectively act as agents of continual improvement.Originality/value: The vision of each process in the firm as the interconnection of three pipes (sub-processes) is a novelty that completely solves common issues for all processes that are transversal to all others (risk management, non-conformant products, customer claims, change management, etc.).

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Role-based collaboration and its kernel mechanisms

Cited by 262 publications

References 29 publications

From Single Aircraft to Communities: A Neutral Interpretation of Air Traffic Complexity Dynamics

From Single Aircraft to Communities: A Neutral Interpretation of Air Traffic Complexity Dynamics

micROS: a morphable, intelligent and collective robot operating system

Pipes and puddles framework: Risk management in manufacturing processes to reduce the total cost of quality

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