Combining Flows and Rules in a Low-Code Platform for Smart Water Management

Jens Nicolay; Bjarno Oeyen; Samuel Ngugi Ndung'u; Thierry Renaux; Maxime Démarest; Boud Verbeiren; Wolfgang De Meuter

Combining Flows and Rules in a Low-Code Platform for Smart Water Management

Jens Nicolay, Bjarno Oeyen, Samuel Ngugi Ndung'u, Thierry Renaux, Maxime Démarest, Boud Verbeiren, Wolfgang De Meuter

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The paper describes a low-code programming model and environment for automating sensor data processing pipelines for the smart water management domain. We identify visual flow-based programming and rule-based approaches as two promising avenues for building low-code programming models in this domain, but likewise identified a total of five problems faced by these approaches when applied to the domain. We propose a solution that tackles those problems, both as a high-level vision (combining the visual flow-based programming approach with rule-based approach, where each approach is applied for the programming tasks they are best suited for) and as a concrete design of a low-code programming model. We sketch our implementation, and discuss its limitations.

Originele taal-2	English
Titel	CLOUD COMPUTING 2025
Subtitel	The Sixteenth International Conference on Cloud Computing, GRIDs, and Virtualization
Redacteuren	Andreas Aßmuth, Sebastian Fischer, Christoph P. Neumann
Uitgeverij	IARIA
Pagina's	88-93
Aantal pagina's	6
ISBN van elektronische versie	978-1-68558-258-6
Status	Published - 6 apr. 2025
Evenement	CLOUD COMPUTING 2025: The Sixteenth International Conference on Cloud Computing, GRIDs, and Virtualization - Valencia, Spain Duur: 6 apr. 2025 → 10 apr. 2025 https://www.iaria.org/conferences2025/CLOUDCOMPUTING25.html

Conference

Conference	CLOUD COMPUTING 2025
Verkorte titel	CLOUD COMPUTING 2025
Land/Regio	Spain
Stad	Valencia
Periode	6/04/25 → 10/04/25
Internet adres	https://www.iaria.org/conferences2025/CLOUDCOMPUTING25.html

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https://www.thinkmind.org/library/CLOUD_COMPUTING/CLOUD_COMPUTING_2025/cloud_computing_2025_2_40_20027.html

BRGRD50: Joint R&D 2020: SWAMP: een slim waterbeheerplatform voor het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
Nicolay, J. & De Meuter, W.
1/04/21 → 30/09/24
Project: Toegepast

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Nicolay, J., Oeyen, B., Ndung'u, S. N., Renaux, T., Démarest, M., Verbeiren, B., & De Meuter, W. (2025). Combining Flows and Rules in a Low-Code Platform for Smart Water Management. In A. Aßmuth, S. Fischer, & C. P. Neumann (editors), CLOUD COMPUTING 2025: The Sixteenth International Conference on Cloud Computing, GRIDs, and Virtualization (blz. 88-93). IARIA. https://www.thinkmind.org/library/CLOUD_COMPUTING/CLOUD_COMPUTING_2025/cloud_computing_2025_2_40_20027.html

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Combining Flows and Rules in a Low-Code Platform for Smart Water Management. / Nicolay, Jens ; Oeyen, Bjarno ; Ndung'u, Samuel Ngugi et al.
CLOUD COMPUTING 2025: The Sixteenth International Conference on Cloud Computing, GRIDs, and Virtualization. redactie / Andreas Aßmuth; Sebastian Fischer; Christoph P. Neumann. IARIA, 2025. blz. 88-93.

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BRGRD50: Joint R&D 2020: SWAMP: een slim waterbeheerplatform voor het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest

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