Internet of Things as System of Systems: A Review of Methodologies, Frameworks, Platforms, and Tools
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2021
Abstract
The Internet of Things (IoT) is the latest example of the System of Systems (SoS), demanding for both innovative and evolutionary approaches to tame its multifaceted aspects. Over the years, different IoT methodologies, frameworks, platforms, and tools have been proposed by industry and academia, but the jumbled abundance of such development products have resulted into a high (and disheartening) entry-barrier to IoT system engineering. In this survey, we steer IoT developers by: 1) providing baseline definitions to identify the most suitable class of development products - methodologies, frameworks, platforms, and tools-for their purposes and 2) reviewing seventy relevant products through a comparative and practical approach, based on general SoS engineering features revised in the light of main IoT systems desiderata (i.e., interoperability, scalability, smartness, and autonomy). Indeed, we aim to lessen the confusion related to IoT methodologies, frameworks, platforms, and tools as well as to freeze their current state, for eventually easing the approach towards IoT system engineering.
Identifier
85098786511 (Scopus)
Publication Title
IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems
External Full Text Location
https://doi.org/10.1109/TSMC.2020.3042898
e-ISSN
21682232
ISSN
21682216
First Page
223
Last Page
236
Issue
1
Volume
51
Grant
ARS01 00836
Fund Ref
Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca
Recommended Citation
Fortino, Giancarlo; Savaglio, Claudio; Spezzano, Giandomenico; and Zhou, Mengchu, "Internet of Things as System of Systems: A Review of Methodologies, Frameworks, Platforms, and Tools" (2021). Faculty Publications. 4682.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/fac_pubs/4682