---
_id: '4897'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Assistance is becoming increasingly relevant in carrying out industrial work
    in the context of cyber-physical production systems (CPPSs) and Industry 4.0.
    While assistance in a single task via a single interaction modality has been explored
    previously, crossdevice interaction could improve the quality of assistance, especially
    given the concurrent and distributed nature of work in CPPSs. In this paper, we
    present the theoretical foundations and implementation of MiWSICx (Middleware
    for Work Support in Industrial Contexts), a middleware that showcases how multiple
    interactive computing devices such as tablets, smartphones, augmented/virtual
    reality glasses, and wearables could be combined to provide crossdevice industrial
    assistance. Based on activity theory, MiWSICx models human work as activities
    combining multiple users, artifacts, and cyber-physical objects. MiWSICx is developed
    using the actor model for deployment on a variety of hardware alongside a CPPS
    to provide multiuser, crossdevice, multiactivity assistance.
author:
- first_name: Hitesh
  full_name: Dhiman, Hitesh
  id: '71767'
  last_name: Dhiman
- first_name: Carsten
  full_name: Röcker, Carsten
  id: '61525'
  last_name: Röcker
citation:
  ama: Dhiman H, Röcker C. Middleware for providing activity-driven assistance in
    cyber-physical production systems. <i>Journal of Computational Design and Engineering</i>.
    2021;8(1):428-451. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/jcde/qwaa088">10.1093/jcde/qwaa088</a>
  apa: Dhiman, H., &#38; Röcker, C. (2021). Middleware for providing activity-driven
    assistance in cyber-physical production systems. <i>Journal of Computational Design
    and Engineering</i>, <i>8</i>(1), 428–451. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/jcde/qwaa088">https://doi.org/10.1093/jcde/qwaa088</a>
  bjps: <b>Dhiman H and Röcker C</b> (2021) Middleware for Providing Activity-Driven
    Assistance in Cyber-Physical Production Systems. <i>Journal of Computational Design
    and Engineering</i> <b>8</b>, 428–451.
  chicago: 'Dhiman, Hitesh, and Carsten Röcker. “Middleware for Providing Activity-Driven
    Assistance in Cyber-Physical Production Systems.” <i>Journal of Computational
    Design and Engineering</i> 8, no. 1 (2021): 428–51. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/jcde/qwaa088">https://doi.org/10.1093/jcde/qwaa088</a>.'
  chicago-de: 'Dhiman, Hitesh und Carsten Röcker. 2021. Middleware for providing activity-driven
    assistance in cyber-physical production systems. <i>Journal of Computational Design
    and Engineering</i> 8, Nr. 1: 428–451. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/jcde/qwaa088">10.1093/jcde/qwaa088</a>,
    .'
  din1505-2-1: '<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Dhiman, Hitesh</span> ; <span
    style="font-variant:small-caps;">Röcker, Carsten</span>: Middleware for providing
    activity-driven assistance in cyber-physical production systems. In: <i>Journal
    of Computational Design and Engineering</i> Bd. 8, Oxford University Press (2021),
    Nr. 1, S. 428–451'
  havard: H. Dhiman, C. Röcker, Middleware for providing activity-driven assistance
    in cyber-physical production systems, Journal of Computational Design and Engineering.
    8 (2021) 428–451.
  ieee: 'H. Dhiman and C. Röcker, “Middleware for providing activity-driven assistance
    in cyber-physical production systems,” <i>Journal of Computational Design and
    Engineering</i>, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 428–451, 2021, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/jcde/qwaa088">10.1093/jcde/qwaa088</a>.'
  mla: Dhiman, Hitesh, and Carsten Röcker. “Middleware for Providing Activity-Driven
    Assistance in Cyber-Physical Production Systems.” <i>Journal of Computational
    Design and Engineering</i>, vol. 8, no. 1, 2021, pp. 428–51, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/jcde/qwaa088">https://doi.org/10.1093/jcde/qwaa088</a>.
  short: H. Dhiman, C. Röcker, Journal of Computational Design and Engineering 8 (2021)
    428–451.
  ufg: '<b>Dhiman, Hitesh/Röcker, Carsten</b>: Middleware for providing activity-driven
    assistance in cyber-physical production systems, in: <i>Journal of Computational
    Design and Engineering</i> 8 (2021), H. 1,  S. 428–451.'
  van: Dhiman H, Röcker C. Middleware for providing activity-driven assistance in
    cyber-physical production systems. Journal of Computational Design and Engineering.
    2021;8(1):428–51.
date_created: 2021-02-04T15:20:11Z
date_updated: 2026-07-06T09:31:53Z
department:
- _id: DEP5023
- _id: DEP5027
doi: 10.1093/jcde/qwaa088
intvolume: '         8'
issue: '1'
keyword:
- human–technology interaction
- human–computer interaction
- crossdevice interaction
- cyber-physical systems
- assistance
- smart factory
- middleware
- actor model
- information system design
- industry 4.0
language:
- iso: eng
page: 428-451
publication: Journal of Computational Design and Engineering
publication_identifier:
  eissn:
  - '2288-4300 '
publication_status: published
publisher: Oxford University Press
status: public
title: Middleware for providing activity-driven assistance in cyber-physical production
  systems
type: journal_article
user_id: '89807'
volume: 8
year: '2021'
...
---
_id: '5904'
author:
- first_name: Hans
  full_name: Sachs, Hans
  id: '64589'
  last_name: Sachs
- first_name: Carolina
  full_name: Meirelles Reis Sotero de Menezes, Carolina
  id: '79167'
  last_name: Meirelles Reis Sotero de Menezes
- first_name: Mathias
  full_name: Karuzys, Mathias
  id: '52462'
  last_name: Karuzys
citation:
  ama: 'Sachs H, Meirelles Reis Sotero de Menezes C, Karuzys M. Collaborative Design
    in Virtual Environments. In: Schmohl T, ed. <i>Situiertes Lernen im Studium :
    Didaktische Konzepte und Fallbeispiele einer erfahrungsbasierten Hochschullehre
    </i>. wbv Media ; 2021:253-266.'
  apa: 'Sachs, H., Meirelles Reis Sotero de Menezes, C., &#38; Karuzys, M. (2021).
    Collaborative Design in Virtual Environments. In T. Schmohl (Ed.), <i>Situiertes
    Lernen im Studium : Didaktische Konzepte und Fallbeispiele einer erfahrungsbasierten
    Hochschullehre </i> (pp. 253–266). wbv Media .'
  bjps: '<b>Sachs H, Meirelles Reis Sotero de Menezes C and Karuzys M</b> (2021) Collaborative
    Design in Virtual Environments. In Schmohl T (ed.), <i>Situiertes Lernen im Studium :
    Didaktische Konzepte und Fallbeispiele einer erfahrungsbasierten Hochschullehre
    </i>. Bielefeld: wbv Media , pp. 253–266.'
  chicago: 'Sachs, Hans, Carolina Meirelles Reis Sotero de Menezes, and Mathias Karuzys.
    “Collaborative Design in Virtual Environments.” In <i>Situiertes Lernen im Studium :
    Didaktische Konzepte und Fallbeispiele einer erfahrungsbasierten Hochschullehre
    </i>, edited by Tobias Schmohl, 253–66. Bielefeld: wbv Media , 2021.'
  chicago-de: 'Sachs, Hans, Carolina Meirelles Reis Sotero de Menezes und Mathias
    Karuzys. 2021. Collaborative Design in Virtual Environments. In: <i>Situiertes
    Lernen im Studium : Didaktische Konzepte und Fallbeispiele einer erfahrungsbasierten
    Hochschullehre </i>, hg. von Tobias Schmohl, 253–266. Bielefeld: wbv Media .'
  din1505-2-1: '<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Sachs, Hans</span> ; <span
    style="font-variant:small-caps;">Meirelles Reis Sotero de Menezes, Carolina</span>
    ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Karuzys, Mathias</span>: Collaborative
    Design in Virtual Environments. In: <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Schmohl,
    T.</span> (Hrsg.): <i>Situiertes Lernen im Studium : Didaktische Konzepte und
    Fallbeispiele einer erfahrungsbasierten Hochschullehre </i>. Bielefeld : wbv Media
    , 2021, S. 253–266'
  havard: 'H. Sachs, C. Meirelles Reis Sotero de Menezes, M. Karuzys, Collaborative
    Design in Virtual Environments, in: T. Schmohl (Ed.), Situiertes Lernen im Studium :
    Didaktische Konzepte und Fallbeispiele einer erfahrungsbasierten Hochschullehre
    , wbv Media , Bielefeld, 2021: pp. 253–266.'
  ieee: 'H. Sachs, C. Meirelles Reis Sotero de Menezes, and M. Karuzys, “Collaborative
    Design in Virtual Environments,” in <i>Situiertes Lernen im Studium : Didaktische
    Konzepte und Fallbeispiele einer erfahrungsbasierten Hochschullehre </i>, T. Schmohl,
    Ed. Bielefeld: wbv Media , 2021, pp. 253–266.'
  mla: 'Sachs, Hans, et al. “Collaborative Design in Virtual Environments.” <i>Situiertes
    Lernen im Studium : Didaktische Konzepte und Fallbeispiele einer erfahrungsbasierten
    Hochschullehre </i>, edited by Tobias Schmohl, wbv Media , 2021, pp. 253–66.'
  short: 'H. Sachs, C. Meirelles Reis Sotero de Menezes, M. Karuzys, in: T. Schmohl
    (Ed.), Situiertes Lernen im Studium : Didaktische Konzepte und Fallbeispiele einer
    erfahrungsbasierten Hochschullehre , wbv Media , Bielefeld, 2021, pp. 253–266.'
  ufg: '<b>Sachs, Hans/Meirelles Reis Sotero de Menezes, Carolina/Karuzys, Mathias</b>:
    Collaborative Design in Virtual Environments, in: <i>Schmohl, Tobias (Hg.)</i>:
    Situiertes Lernen im Studium : Didaktische Konzepte und Fallbeispiele einer erfahrungsbasierten
    Hochschullehre , Bielefeld 2021,  S. 253–266.'
  van: 'Sachs H, Meirelles Reis Sotero de Menezes C, Karuzys M. Collaborative Design
    in Virtual Environments. In: Schmohl T, editor. Situiertes Lernen im Studium :
    Didaktische Konzepte und Fallbeispiele einer erfahrungsbasierten Hochschullehre
    . Bielefeld: wbv Media ; 2021. p. 253–66.'
date_created: 2021-05-14T11:02:10Z
date_updated: 2026-07-06T09:32:16Z
department:
- _id: DEP1024
editor:
- first_name: Tobias
  full_name: Schmohl, Tobias
  id: '71782'
  last_name: Schmohl
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7043-5582
language:
- iso: ger
page: 253-266
place: Bielefeld
publication: 'Situiertes Lernen im Studium : Didaktische Konzepte und Fallbeispiele
  einer erfahrungsbasierten Hochschullehre '
publication_identifier:
  isbn:
  - 978-3-7639-6052-1
publication_status: published
publisher: 'wbv Media '
status: public
title: Collaborative Design in Virtual Environments
type: book_chapter
user_id: '83781'
year: '2021'
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