{"product_id":"9783032293060","title":"Implementing Smart Processes using IoT, Machine Learning, and Business Rules","description":"\u003ch1\u003eImplementing Smart Processes using IoT, Machine Learning, and Business Rules\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHafedh Mili | Ghizlane El Boussaidi\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eComputers \/ Business \u0026amp; Productivity Software \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eThis unique book proposes a systematic methodology spanning the full lifecycle of such so-called smart process applications (SPAs) and illustrates it with two realistic case studies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eSPAs are fundamentally different from traditional transaction-driven IT applications, from \u003cem\u003efunctional \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003earchitectural requirements \u003c\/em\u003epoints of view. They silently monitor independently running processes and only spring into action when they recognize some situations, to \u003cem\u003esuggest or execute actions\u003c\/em\u003e that will help the process under observation to achieve or prevent certain outcomes. With SPAs, the IoT-enabled context awareness, cloud-enabled distribution, and AI-enabled decision making—a combination of machine learning and business rules—are a matter of domain necessity and not mere technical wizardry. \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAt the core of the proposed development methodology is a \u003cem\u003erequirements framework\u003c\/em\u003e that helps translate general domain requirements—staying healthy, preventing accidents, etc.—into precise functional and architectural requirements. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eTopics and features:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 18.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e·\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eAn integrated development methodology that spans the entire lifecycle of SPAs from domain requirements to architecture, detailed design, coding, testing, and maintenance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 18.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e·\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eA pragmatic approach to hybrid AI, advocating the use of machine learning or business rules depending on the task at hand, the state of knowledge, and the availability of historical data\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 18.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e·\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eA combination of state-of-the-art developments with lessons learned from dozens of consulting engagements in industry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 18.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e·\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eTwo running case studies help explore the design space for the component technologies, taken separately, and in an integrated fashion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 18.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e·\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eA companion \u003cem\u003eevolving \u003c\/em\u003eGitHub repository that hosts various development deliverables for the case studies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003ePracticing software engineers who work with the domain and architectural dimensions of SPAs will find food for thought and ready-to-use generic, and technology-specific, design patterns. Academic researchers interested in either method engineering or in developing domain-specific SPAs will find great value in this book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eHafedh Mili\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e is full professor of Computer Science at the Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada. \u003cstrong\u003eGhizlane El Boussaidi\u003c\/strong\u003e is a full professor affiliated with the Dept. of Software and IT engineering at École de Technologie Supérieure, Canada.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHafedh Mili\u003c\/strong\u003e has been consulting and training on business rules since ’96, first with ILOG (’96 – ’09) and then IBM (since ’09). He has been involved in a few dozen consulting assignments on behalf of ILOG\/IBM in telecom, manufacturing, e-government, banking, and insurance, as a developer, business analyst, architect, and team leader. He has published more than 140 refereed papers on artificial intelligence and software engineering, a 2002 book on \"Reuse-Based Software Engineering\", with John Wiley \u0026amp; Sons, and the 2011 book on Agile Business Rule Development: Process, Architecture, and JRules Examples with Jérôme Boyer. He holds an engineering degree from the École Centrale de Paris - France (1984), and PhD in AI from the George Washington University (1988).\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eGhizlane El Boussaidi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\"\u003e received the PhD degree in Software Engineering from the Université de Montréal, Canada (2010), after fifteen years of software development in industry. She is a Full Professor with the Dept of Software Engineering and IT, at École de Technologie supérieure, Montreal. Her research focuses on improving software development efficiency, safety, and quality through model-driven engineering, domain-specific languages, and automation techniques. She has led several collaborative research projects with the aerospace industry on requirements specification, heterogenous systems design, and the certification of safety critical systems.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e29 August 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032293060\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e519\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50185179299980,"sku":"9783032293060","price":76.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032293060.jpg?v=1780619713","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783032293060","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}