%0 Conference Proceedings
%T Service System Analytics: Cost Prediction
%+ Vienna University of Technology
%+ Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
%+ Universidade da Coimbra
%A Seiringer, Wolfgang
%A Cardoso, Jorge
%A Bischhoffshausen, Johannes, Von
%Z Part 14: Service Design: Collaborative Methods and Tools
%< avec comité de lecture
%( IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
%B 14th Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, (PROVE)
%C Dresden, Germany
%Y Luis M. Camarinha-Matos
%Y Raimar J. Scherer
%I Springer
%3 Collaborative Systems for Reindustrialization
%V AICT-408
%P 405-414
%8 2013-09-30
%D 2013
%R 10.1007/978-3-642-40543-3_43
%K Service cost modelling
%K service analytics
%K Linked USDL
%K cocreation
%K customer factors
%K service system
%K customer involvement
%K service modelling
%K business analytics
%Z Computer Science [cs]Conference papers
%X Services become every day more important for society. Cost prediction is one important aspect which has not received the required attention. Nonetheless, its impact on the economic success of service-based industries is considerable and, so, it cannot be overlooked. Therefore, in this paper we tackle the problem of cost prediction of service systems. Since previous work generally followed an ad hoc approach, we present a three layered approach based on customer factors to measure customer involvement since it is a good predictor for service cost. Service co-creation between customer and provider is the central concept of our costing approach. For service modelling we use Linked USDL, and to reason on costing data we use methods from service analytics. On the one hand, we reduce the uncertainty introduced by customers and can predict more accurate service costs. On the other hand, the systematic approach enables a better understanding of the costing problem and the service systems under study, and increases reusability of service analytics algorithms.
%G English
%Z TC 5
%Z WG 5.5
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%2 https://inria.hal.science/hal-01463234/file/978-3-642-40543-3_43_Chapter.pdf
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%U https://inria.hal.science/hal-01463234
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