Название: Blockchain and its Applications in Industry 4.0
Автор: Suyel Namasudra, Kemal Akkaya
Издательство: Springer
Серия: Studies in Big Data
Год: 2023
Страниц: 324
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true), epub
Размер: 26.6 MB

This book discusses fundamentals of Blockchain technology and Industry 4.0. It discusses many applications of Blockchain technology in Industry 4.0, including integration of AI, IoT, and Big Data with Blockchain for Industry 4.0. It provides cutting-edge research content from researchers, academicians, and other professionals from different background areas to show their state-of-the-art knowledge to use Blockchain in Industry 4.0. The book discusses advantages of Industry 4.0, such as improved productivity, improved efficiency, flexibility, agility, better user experience, and many more, and also entails some challenges too, such as trust, traceability, security, reliability, transparency, etc., for creating an application of Industry 4.0. The book helps graduate, postgraduate, doctoral students, and industrial professionals to implement Blockchain in Industry 4.0.

Currently, industries are transforming from Industry 3.0 to Industry 4.0. Industry 4.0 is the fourth industrial revolution, where the uses of sensors, Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, blockchain technology, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and many other advanced technologies are integrated to increase productivity. Most importantly, the internet is used in every aspect of this revolution. There are many advantages of Industry 4.0, such as improved productivity, improved efficiency, flexibility, agility, better user experience, and many more. There are some challenges too like trust, traceability, security, reliability, transparency, etc.

These challenges can be addressed by adopting blockchain technology. Blockchain is a novel technique that allows a radical way of transaction among several entities, such as businesses, individuals, and machines. This emerging technology improves trust, transfers value, supports transparency, and improves the security of stored data. Blockchain has many applications like healthcare, finance, IoT, data storage, decentralized cryptocurrency, and many more. Nowadays, it is considered as the heart of Industry 4.0 and the digital economy. Blockchain technology has the potential to be applied and integrated with all the technologies of Industry 4.0 in such a way that the current business transaction process is changed and drives the new business models for the benefits of circular economy and sustainability. A supply chain management system by using blockchain technology can support transparency at each stage of communication, thus, it improves trust. As it is the early stage of blockchain, researchers, academicians, and other professionals are facing issues to use blockchain technology in Industry 4.0.

Contents:
Introduction to Blockchain Technology
Introduction to Industry 4.0
Blockchain in Supply Chain Management
Government Applications and Standards to Use Blockchain
Application of Blockchain in Mining 4.0
Integration of Data Science and IoT with Blockchain for Industry 4.0
Innovations in Blockchain Using Artificial Intelligence
Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence for Business Transformation Toward Sustainability
Blockchain in Big Data for Agriculture Supply Chain
Novel Smart Homecare IoT System with Edge-AI and Blockchain