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CHAPTER 7

The Web of Smart

Entities—Aspects of a Theory

of the Next Generation

of the Internet of Things

Michael Wollowski*, John McDonald †
*
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN, United States
†
ClearObject, Fishers, IN, United States

7.1 INTRODUCTION

We argue that the next generation of the Internet of Things (IoT) is about a
web of smart entities (WSE). We define smart entities as software applica-
tions that build real-time models that are informed by real-time data. Smart
entities are authorized to act and will manage routine behavior. Software
applications in WSE will interact with each other to regulate behavior so
as to satisfy certain goals. This interaction will lead to as yet unforeseen levels
of automation. We see smart entities as polite assistants, designed to make
our lives more convenient; something that will gracefully bow out, when
asked to do so. We will address several modes in which to interact with
and control the resulting automation.
Gubbi, Buyya, Marusic, and Palaniswami (2013) present a vision of IoT
in which they emphasize the importance of cloud computing; we agree with
their assessment. On page 1646, the authors state that “This platform [i.e.
cloud computing] acts as a receiver of data from ubiquitous sensors; as a
computer to analyze and interpret the data; as well as providing the user with
easy to understand web based visualization. The ubiquitous sensing and
processing works in the background, hidden from the user.” Again, we could
not agree more and explain in detail what sort of processing may take place
in the background.

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