A Networked Ubiquitous Computing Environment for Damage Prevention: A Decision Support Framework for the Insurance Sector

Author

Strauss, Christine ; Stummer, C. ; Bauer, C. ; Trieb, A.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Bus., Econ. & Stat., Univ. of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

fYear

2009

fDate

22-25 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

276

Lastpage

281

Abstract

This paper focuses on identifying and analyzing a potential innovative application for the insurance industry through the use of networked ubiquitous computing environment. In particular, it will describe damage prevention as an exemplary application of ubiquitous computing in the insurance sector. With respect to such an implementation for damage prevention, this paper presents a framework for decision support, considering cost drivers, indicators, parameters, and other influencing factors.

Keywords

decision support systems; insurance data processing; ubiquitous computing; cost drivers; damage prevention; decision support; decision support framework; insurance sector; networked ubiquitous computing environment; Business; Computer industry; Insurance; Intelligent sensors; Manufacturing industries; Monitoring; Parallel processing; Pervasive computing; Technological innovation; Ubiquitous computing; case study; decision support; insurance sector; monitoring system; ubiquitous computing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Parallel Processing Workshops, 2009. ICPPW '09. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Vienna

ISSN

1530-2016

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4923-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICPPW.2009.79

Filename

5363162