Design Considerations and Guidelines
observed by different manufacturers . FedL can enable clients to exchange the information about the observed damage with each other so that a more robust model can be built .
To maximize the opportunities of a FedL solution in the context as described above it is important that practitioners utilize a formal approach to capture all characteristics of the use case and influence design choices . The motivation of this paper is to present design considerations and guidelines that are derived based on experience of successful deployments of FedL in industrial settings ( Bharti , 2021 ). In particular , it has been demonstrated that FedL offers significant benefits in use cases such as remaining use-full lifetime ( RUL ) prediction and
vision-based quality inspection . The lessons learned from real-world implementation offer an opportunity to provide insight and decision support for managers , developers and system integrators through a consolidation of options , constraints and design requirements that are typically faced in designing FedL solutions .
As shown in Figure 2-2 , there are five key considerations that should be taken into account to successfully design a typical FedL ecosystem within the context of smart manufacturing . There are existing data-sharing ecosystems that leverage similar design principles such as the methodology proposed in “ Redesigning Trust : Blockchain Deployment Toolkit , 2020 ” from the World Economic Forum ( WEF ). This aims to support organizations in deploying blockchain based solutions with the key design considerations . The following derives a set of design questions specific to a FedL solution , that can be utilized by a practitioner to solicit ecosystem requirements , these will be explored further in subsequent sections .
Figure 2-2 : Workflow of a FedL Ecosystem Step 1 : Identify the potential value of participating in a FedL ecosystem
• What are the business challenges that can be solved by implementing a FedL ecosystem ?
• What are the set of values that can be generated by the ecosystem which can be garnered by participatory organizations ?
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