A comprehensive framework for analyzing iot platforms: A smart city industrial experience

Mahdi Fahmideh; Jun Yan; Jun Shen; Davoud Mougouei; Yanlong Zhai; Aakash Ahmad

doi:10.3390/smartcities4020031

A comprehensive framework for analyzing iot platforms: A smart city industrial experience

Mahdi Fahmideh^*, Jun Yan, Jun Shen, Davoud Mougouei, Yanlong Zhai, Aakash Ahmad

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School of Cyberspace Science and Technology

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Abstract

The compliance of IoT platforms to quality is paramount to achieve users’ satisfaction. Currently, we do not have a comprehensive set of guidelines to appraise and select the most suitable IoT platform architectures that meet relevant criteria. This paper is a tentative response to this critical knowledge gap where we adopted the design science research approach to develop a novel evaluation framework. Our research, on the one hand, stimulates an unbiased competition among IoT platform providers and, on the other hand, establishes a solid foundation for IoT platform consumers to make informed decisions in this multiplicity. The application of the framework is illustrated in example scenarios. Moreover, lessons learned from applying design science research are shared.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	588-622
Number of pages	35
Journal	Smart Cities
Volume	4
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/smartcities4020031
Publication status	Published - Jun 2021

Keywords

Architecture evaluation
Decision making
Design science research
Evaluation framework
IoT platform
Smart city

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