Voice Over IP Technology Development in Offshore Industry: System Dynamics Approach

Nowadays, offshore's complicated facilities need their own communications requirements. Nevertheless, developing and real-world applications of new communications technology are faced with tremendous problems for new technology users, developers and implementers. Traditional systems engineering cannot be capable to develop a new technology effectively because it does not consider the dynamics of the process. This paper focuses on the design of a holistic model that represents the dynamics of new communication technology development within offshore industry. The model shows the behavior of technology development efforts. Furthermore, implementing this model, results in new and useful insights about the policy option analysis for developing a new communications technology in offshore industry.

Authors:

• B. Kiyani
• R. H. Amiri
• S. H. Hosseini
• A. Bourouni
• A. Karimi

Keywords:

• Technology development
• Offshore industry
• Systemdynamics
• Voice Over IP.

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