Are Regions Prepared for Industry 4.0?

Janos Abonyi is Full Professor of Computer Science and Chemical Engineering in the Department of Process Engineering at the University of Pannonia (Hungary). Previously, he was employed at the Control Laboratory of the Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands). Dr. Abonyi has co-authored more than 250 journal papers and chapters in books and has published five research monographs and one Hungarian textbook about data mining. His research interests include complexity, process engineering, quality engineering, data mining, and regional development, and Industry 4.0. Timea Czvetko is a researcher at University of Pannonia (Hungary) with a focus on research and innovation management. Gergely Honti is a PhD candidate at the Department of Process Engineering at University of Pannonia (Hungary) and researcher at Institute of Advanced Studies, Köszeg (Hungary). He has been working as a Computer Engineer for 5 years and has been involved in cutting edge technology projects, like Siemens Syngo. His research area is big data and data analysis.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Regional aspects of Industry 4.0.- Chapter 3. Measures of regional Industry 4.0 + readiness.- Chapter 4. Evaluation of regional I4.0 readiness - data analysis and composite indicator development.- Chapter 5. Summary.