Tomas Krilavičius, Lucio Tommaso De Paolis, Valerio De Luca, Josef Spjut
{"title":"eXtended Reality and Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Rehabilitation","authors":"Tomas Krilavičius, Lucio Tommaso De Paolis, Valerio De Luca, Josef Spjut","doi":"10.1007/s10796-025-10580-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-025-10580-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This special issue focuses on the application of eXtended Reality (XR) technologies—comprising Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR)—and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the fields of medicine and rehabilitation. AR provides support in minimally invasive surgery, where it visualises internal anatomical structures on the patient’s body and provides real-time feedback to improve accuracy, keep the surgeon’s attention and reduce the risk of errors. Furthermore, XR technologies can be used to develop applications for pre-operative planning or for training surgeons through serious games. AI finds applications both in medical image processing, for the recognition of anatomical structures and the reconstruction of 3D models, and in the analysis of biological data for patient monitoring and disease diagnosis. In rehabilitation, XR and AI can enable personalised therapy plans, increase patient engagement through immersive environments and provide real-time feedback to improve recovery outcomes. The papers in this special issue deal with rehabilitation through serious games, AI-enhanced XR applications for healthcare, digital twins and the analysis of bio/neuro-adaptive signals.</p>","PeriodicalId":13610,"journal":{"name":"Information Systems Frontiers","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143055113","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maksim Borisov, Valeria Kolycheva, Alexander Semenov, Dmitry Grigoriev
{"title":"How Does the Color Palette Affect the Pricing of Abstract Paintings?","authors":"Maksim Borisov, Valeria Kolycheva, Alexander Semenov, Dmitry Grigoriev","doi":"10.1007/s10796-024-10558-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-024-10558-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The valuation of artwork is a fundamental issue in cultural economics. This study examines the impact of visual elements on a painting’s price. Several characteristics are evaluated such as its intricacy, points of interest, segmentation-based features, and local color features. The study also employs theories by Itten and Kandinsky, and applies mixed-effects models to assess how these characteristics impact the painting’s price. The influence of color is examined in the context of abstractionism, a highly complex art style, where the selection of color is crucial. Itten’s theory, the most acclaimed color theory in the art world, is used as a basis for this analysis since it has spawned various sub-theories and is the basis for teaching artists. A unique dataset of 3,885 paintings from Christie’s and Sotheby’s is used, and it is found that Itten’s color harmony has a low predicting power, color complexity metrics are inconsequential, and color diversity is a better predictor of the price of abstract art.</p>","PeriodicalId":13610,"journal":{"name":"Information Systems Frontiers","volume":"84 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143055112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Femi Olan, Thanos Papadopoulos, Konstantina Spanaki, Uchitha Jayawickrama
{"title":"Social Entrepreneurial Marketing and Innovation in B2B Services: Building Resilience with Explainable Artificial Intelligence","authors":"Femi Olan, Thanos Papadopoulos, Konstantina Spanaki, Uchitha Jayawickrama","doi":"10.1007/s10796-025-10583-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-025-10583-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) and other digital technologies are altering the nature of social entrepreneurship, marketing, and other service activities. The structures and strategies of entrepreneurs undergo radical change as a result of the impact of XAI on marketing and innovation. Despite the increased interest in business to business (B2B) literature, there are limitations on how and what circumstances the activities of B2B marketing on social entrepreneurship. Therefore, this study outlines how XAI will impact B2B services by building resilience during and after crisis events such as the COVID-19 pandemic. To develop an in-depth understanding on the theories of social entrepreneurship, B2B marketing, and emerging technologies, this study set apart and conceptualize relevant factors and linkages. The result shows that based on a survey of 295 samples of B2B services entrepreneurial businesses, XAI enhances the establishment of a sustainable resilience for B2B marketing activities and contribute to building social entrepreneurial strategies for B2B marketing innovation.</p>","PeriodicalId":13610,"journal":{"name":"Information Systems Frontiers","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143035163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Is Cybersecurity a Social Responsibility?","authors":"Waqas Nawaz Khan, Jae Kyu Lee, Shan Liu","doi":"10.1007/s10796-024-10565-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-024-10565-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Cybersecurity incidents damage not only the organizations attacked, but also society in general, harming customers and stakeholders. Through the text mining of the incident database, we observed that the impact of cybersecurity incident trends became more outward-oriented causing increased risks associated with social responsibility. Thus, this study aims to validate the potential effect of cybersecurity incidents on social responsibility risks and stock price drops. To derive meaningful factors from the description of incidents, we mined the texts to extract the features of the severity of incidents and their direction of impact whether inward or outward. The severity score is derived from sentiment analysis and the impact direction by topic modeling and machine learning models including SVM, LSTM, and BERT. The effects of these incident features are studied through regression models with social responsibility risk and stock price drops as dependent variables. To conduct this study, we collected incident texts from the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse database, and social responsibility risk indices from the Privacy and Data Security index and Cyber Risk Rating scores. The subsequent short-term stock price drops are measured by Cumulative Abnormal Returns and their variations. Our analysis revealed a profound impact of cybersecurity incidents on social responsibility risk indices and stock price drops with the moderating effect of outward impact in both models. However, we recognize the incompatibility between an annual index of social responsibility risk and short-term stock price drops. Therefore, we propose a short-term social responsibility risk index for cybersecurity which can be derived from the disclosed incidents. All these scenarios support the premise that cybersecurity incidents significantly impact the social responsibility risk and may lead to potential stock price drops.</p>","PeriodicalId":13610,"journal":{"name":"Information Systems Frontiers","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142981809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Intelligent Network Element: A Programmable Switch Based on Machine Learning to Defend Against DDoS Attacks","authors":"Jingfu Yan, Huachun Zhou, Weilin Wang","doi":"10.1007/s10796-024-10577-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-024-10577-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The proposed native intelligent network by 6G networks has provided a boost to network security capabilities. Unlike intelligent networks built by intelligent network elements, plug-in AI applications require transmission bandwidth for traffic analysis and consume computation and storage resources of security devices. This cannot meet the real-time requirements for detecting and processing DDoS attacks. This paper proposes the intelligent network element that combines programmable switch technology and AI algorithms. The intelligent network element is used to build a distributed intelligent network defense system that analyzes the packet header information of the traffic to classify the packets, thus realizing network intelligence at the network layer. We analyzes a total of 14 types of DDoS attack traffic categorized into application layer DDoS, low-rate DDoS, and DRDoS. The machine learning model is used to sink to the network layer.In conclusion, the performance of the k-means, random forest, and decision tree algorithms is evaluated by comparing the performance of single-point and multi-point deployment scenarios on intelligent network elements in multiple dimensions. The results demonstrate that the multi-point intelligent network element system can reduce the packet loss rate by approximately 10% when the client transmits packets at a rate of 1000 pkts/s, while exhibiting a slight increase in resource consumption. This enables the intelligent network element detection accuracy to reach 98.03%.</p>","PeriodicalId":13610,"journal":{"name":"Information Systems Frontiers","volume":"75 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142974698","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marc Riar, Mareike Weber, Jens Ebert, Benedikt Morschheuser
{"title":"Can Gamification Foster Trust-Building in Human-Robot Collaboration? An Experiment in Virtual Reality","authors":"Marc Riar, Mareike Weber, Jens Ebert, Benedikt Morschheuser","doi":"10.1007/s10796-024-10573-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-024-10573-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p>With the increasing deployment of robots to support humans in various activities, a crucial factor that has surfaced as a precondition for successful human-robot interaction (HRI) is the human’s level of trust in the robotic companion. A phenomenon that has recently shifted into the foreground for its potential to influence cognitive and affective dimensions in humans is gamification. However, there is a dearth of knowledge whether and how gamification can be employed to effectively cultivate trust in HRI. The present study investigates and compares the effects of three design interventions (i.e., non-gamified vs. gameful design vs. playful design) on cognitive and affective trust between humans and an autonomous mobile collaborative robot (cobot) in a virtual reality (VR) training experiment. The results reveal that affective trust and specific trust antecedents (i.e., a robot’s likability and perceived intelligence) are most significantly developed via playful design, revealing the importance of incorporating playful elements into a robot’s appearance, demeanor, and interaction to establish an emotional connection and trust in HRI.</p>","PeriodicalId":13610,"journal":{"name":"Information Systems Frontiers","volume":"50 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142968277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Antoine Harfouche, Mohammad I. Merhi, Abdullah Albizri, Denis Dennehy, Jason Bennett Thatcher
{"title":"Sustainable Development Through Technological Innovations and Data Analytics","authors":"Antoine Harfouche, Mohammad I. Merhi, Abdullah Albizri, Denis Dennehy, Jason Bennett Thatcher","doi":"10.1007/s10796-024-10570-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-024-10570-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The integration of technological innovations and data analytics into sustainable development presents an opportunity to address pressing global challenges such as climate change, resource scarcity, and social inequities. This editorial introduces the Sustainable Development Impact Through Technological Innovations and Data Analytics (SDITIDA) framework, offering a conceptual foundation for aligning technology with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through a rigorous review process, nine articles were selected for this special issue, showcasing interdisciplinary approaches and diverse applications of technology in sustainability. These contributions examine areas such as smart home technologies, AI maturity frameworks, blockchain-enabled agricultural practices, and big data analytics for organizational performance. Collectively, the issue highlights actionable strategies for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers, advancing the discourse on the socio-technical dimensions of sustainability and promoting equitable, sustainable outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":13610,"journal":{"name":"Information Systems Frontiers","volume":"118 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142940449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shalini Kapali Kurumathur, Paras Bhatt, Rohit Valecha, Govind Hariharan, H. Raghav Rao
{"title":"Examination of Polarization in Social Media in Aggressor-Oriented and Victim-Oriented Discourse Following Vigilantism","authors":"Shalini Kapali Kurumathur, Paras Bhatt, Rohit Valecha, Govind Hariharan, H. Raghav Rao","doi":"10.1007/s10796-024-10578-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-024-10578-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In the year 2020, two real-world vigilantism incidents invited nationwide discourses on social media: the fatal shooting of two men by Kyle Rittenhouse (an aggressor) and the murder of Ahmaud Arbery (a victim). The public engaged vigorously in social media discussions of approval or disapproval of the aggressor or victim in such vigilantism incidents. While diversity of opinions is a healthy driver of advancement, extreme polarization can be a powerful barrier to achieving societal progress and human flourishing. In this paper, we first examine public opinion regarding these vigilantism incidents. We identify various issues expressed in social media conversations and find that compared to victim-oriented discourse, aggressor-oriented discourse on vigilantism displays more opinion polarization. The discourses show that aggressor-oriented vigilantism discussions largely support vigilantism, self-defense, and the right to bear arms. On the other hand, victim-oriented discourses largely disapprove of vigilantism incidents. We also find that positive emotions in discourses are more polarized compared to negative emotions. Our work has practical implications concerning polarization on social media after devastating events.</p>","PeriodicalId":13610,"journal":{"name":"Information Systems Frontiers","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142937243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring Pure 4G Diffusion in India and its Connect with Human Development and Urbanization","authors":"Ashutosh Jha, Debashis Saha","doi":"10.1007/s10796-024-10569-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-024-10569-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Although many countries have already forayed into 5G deployment, 4G still comprises the largest share of mobile subscribers, especially in emerging economies such as India. In this paper, we quantitatively assess the diffusion characteristics of ‘pure’ 4G mobile communication in India using popular nonlinear diffusion models, and scrutinize the association of two external factors, namely Human Development and Urbanization, with formal and informal communication channels of diffusion, in the context of 4G. Our findings highlight the crucial role external factors play in the speed and pattern of 4G diffusion across India. Notably, the 4G diffusion is predominantly driven by informal communication channels, such as word of mouth and interpersonal signalling. Typically, in regions with lower levels of Human Development and Urbanization, the informal communication channels have a greater influence on the diffusion. However, as the levels of Human Development and Urbanization go up, the formal communication channels start gathering momentum. Thus, our preliminary study sheds light on how Human Development and Urbanization interact with formal and informal communication channels to shape the diffusion of 4G in emerging economies. Our findings could furnish valuable perspectives for policymakers and stakeholders toward refining their strategies concerning infrastructure deployment, socio-economic development, and regulatory interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":13610,"journal":{"name":"Information Systems Frontiers","volume":"2017 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142935942","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sustainable Development and Corporate Profitability: Data Mining Approach","authors":"Homeyra Khatami, Neda Abdolvand, Saeid Homayoun, Saeedeh Rajaei Harandi","doi":"10.1007/s10796-024-10576-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-024-10576-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p>With the expansion of business activities around the world and the importance of sustainability in various fields, corporate sustainability has become a strategic imperative for management plans and investment decision. Therefore, this study focuses on examining the contribution of sustainability variables, i.e., economic, social, and environmental (ESG), to corporates profitability at 5936 companies distributed globally in an industry sectors using the data mining methods. The data extracted from Thomson Reuters database (ASSET4 ESG) for the period of 2002–2017 was used for modelling. Different algorithms, such as decision tree, support vector machine, and Naïve Bayes, were used for modelling. Since the current study uses a multi-class classification, the Kappa criterion was used to assess the quality of the classification algorithm. The results of the study confirmed that none of the sustainability dimensions had a negative impact on corporate profitability.</p>","PeriodicalId":13610,"journal":{"name":"Information Systems Frontiers","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142936026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}