Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence

Dans certaines définitions de l’Internet des Objets, « il est parfois suggéré que l'objet deviendra un acteur autonome de l'Internet, c'est-à-dire capable de percevoir, analyser et agir par lui-même dans les contextes des processus dans lesquels il sera engagé.  …  Le couple "objet physique" / "Intelligence virtuelle associée", qu'elle soit embarquée, distribuée ou hébergée dans le Cloud, y est alors mentionné sous l’appellation "cyberobjet". Les cyberobjets sont des acteurs potentiels des chaines de valeurs qui agissent sous le contrôle des opérationnels ou en partenariat avec eux. » (Source Wikipedia, septembre 2011). Le Web 2.0 fut caractérisé par la généralisation des « individus-acteurs1 » - réseaux sociaux, outils collaboratifs, moi-quantifié 2, … - et confirma qu’il n’était pas possible de prévoir, a priori, tous les comportements d’acteurs autonomes quels que soient les contextes ou les processus. Ce principe est en outre très...

What a good CRM tool should be able to face in the Internet of Things... According to the XXth century works on cognitive psychology in economy or sociology, the consumer’s decision making has been demonstrated as something not based upon fully rational behavior, thinking or cognitive processes in the choice of alternatives. In the marketing or merchandizing processes,  Herbert Simon  demonstrated that the consumer’s choice is not made upon: ·         “The identification and listing of all the alternatives, ·         the determination of all the consequences resulting from each of the alternatives; and, ·         the comparison of the accuracy and efficiency of each of these sets of consequences, (source Wikipedia)” Actually, this model is unrealistic since the cognitive effort to produce – in context - would lead to a situation of non-decision (or a situation in which the end user would co...

This is the 3rd segment in the Postscapes Interview Series with some of the top people influencing the Internet of Things. Philippe Gautier the founder of Business2Any discussed a few topics with us including: "Unstructured or non-deterministic” open supply chains How the IoT is making fundamental shifts in our old models of working and acting. The emergence of new value chains and ecosystems. See :  http://postscapes.com/iot-interview-series-5-questions-with-philippe-gautier-from-business2any

TODAY NEWTON: space is already organized, time is a linear dimension, common to everything and objects which are populating space are studied with a prior understanding of the unique organization of the universe. I n that scheme, a WMS (Warehouse Management System) problem is: how to organize space then how to populate it accordingly - then how to find things in it - then how to realign the virtual idea of the reality (information system) with reality (since it always diverges!). TOMORROW EINSTEIN/PLANCK: space isn’t organized a priori. It changes and becomes organized with the auto-organization of the objects which are populating it and time is a dimension that can change, depending on the objects, the organization of objects, etc. But organization isn’t always the same! In that scheme, the problem of a WMS becomes: how to model the dynamic organization of objects, considering their autonomous behavior and the interoperability between them? The problem of finding them i...

This book is an essay on the future of the Internet and the - now necessary - contribution of both sciences of complexity and cybernetics in information systems to meet the new challenges of sensory technologies (NFC, RFID, Barcodes, GPS, etc.) and open value chains. This essay discusses the particular impacts on economics, sociology and governance... ABSTRACT : The Internet is a constantly evolving ecosystem. His last variation?... Objects, which are gradually becoming full actors in our organizations. It is this new trend as the “Internet of Things” book will tell and explain. The authors lead a reflection on the deeper meaning of the concept, as well as on key issues arising. The change is imminent, firstly due to the increasing complexity of processes to deal in computer systems (notably through the proliferation of event and contextual data) on the other hand the rise of object-actors , at very subsidiar...