X-Git-Url: https://git.martlubbers.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=back%2Fsummary.tex;fp=back%2Fsummary.tex;h=1f4a1a30f0ab6cf37d50988710600bf126231679;hb=066dd25d4da01798ce7a5dd2c96e47040fa908d8;hp=08e0fd6d0023b0ee70ab02e6120478be19a97a20;hpb=ede17ca103a5a3f05013b4b272bf5f38585041a4;p=phd-thesis.git diff --git a/back/summary.tex b/back/summary.tex index 08e0fd6..1f4a1a3 100644 --- a/back/summary.tex +++ b/back/summary.tex @@ -6,12 +6,21 @@ \input{subfileprefix} \chapter{Summary}% \label{chp:summary} -\begin{center} - +%\begin{center} \noindent% -This is a summary of 350--400 words. +The amount of computers around us is growing exponentially. +With it, the systems in which they operate are becoming more and more complex. +Many of these computers are so called \emph{edge devices}. +For a special class of systems, \glsxtrlong{IOT} systems, they perform the interaction with the world. +Powered by microcontrollers, these specialised computers have little memory, slow processors, and support slow communication methods. +On the other hand, they are also cheap, tiny, consume little energy, and can easily equipped with various sensors and actuators. -\end{center} +There is a great variety within edge devices but also between edge devices and more conventional computers. +However, they do have to communicate with the conventional computers. +This results in semantic friction, an impedance mismatch. +Developing and maintaining such systems is expensive and error prone. +This is a summary of 350--400 words. +%\end{center} \input{subfilepostamble} \end{document}