Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes, 1st ed. 2021 Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies Series, Vol. 219

This edited book provides a platform to bring together researchers, academia and industry collaborators to exchange their knowledge and work to develop better understanding about the scope of blockchain technology in business management applications of different sectors such as retail sector, supply chain and logistics, healthcare sector, manufacturing sector, judiciary, finance and government sector in terms of data quality and timeliness. The book presents original unpublished research papers on blockchain technology and business management on novel architectures, prototypes and case studies.

Prof. (Dr.) Srikanta Patnaik is Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, SOA University, Bhubaneswar, India. He has received his Ph.D. (Engineering) on Computational Intelligence from Jadavpur University, India, in 1999 and supervised 25 Ph.D. theses and more than 50 Master theses in the area of Computational Intelligence, Soft Computing Applications and Re-Engineering. Dr. Patnaik has published around 100 research papers in international journals and conference proceedings. He is the author of 2 textbooks and 35 edited volumes and few invited book chapters, published by leading international publisher like Springer-Verlag and Kluwer Academic. Dr. Patnaik was Principal Investigator of AICTE sponsored TAPTEC project “Building Cognition for Intelligent Robot” and UGC sponsored Major Research Project “Machine Learning and Perception using Cognition Methods.” He is Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Informationand Communication Technology and International Journal of Computational Vision and Robotics and also Associate Editor of International Journal of Granular Computing, Rough Sets and Intelligent Systems (IJGCRSIS) and International Journal of Telemedicine and Clinical Practices (IJTMCP), published from Inderscience Publishing House, England. Dr. Patnaik is also Editor of Journal of Information and Communication Convergence Engineering, published from Korean Institute of Information and Communication Engineering. He is also Editor-in-Chief of Book Series on “Modeling and Optimization in Science and Technology” published from Springer, Germany.

Prof. Tao-Sheng Wang is Doctor, Professor of Applied Economics (International Trade Direction), Specialist of General Office of the State Council, Director of Chinese Society of World Economy, Vice Chairman of the Expert Committee of China Association of Trade in Service and Master Tutor. He is Dean of the School of Business of HunanIn