Regarding dependability, the research design is well documented and the team regularly reflected upon the process.
Regarding dependability (consistency), each stage of research was documented and various cases were analyzed until a consensus was reached between the researchers.
Given the debate regarding the dependability of Cronbach alpha as an estimator of reliability [ 23], Raykov's Rho index was also employed.
Conventional control and management platforms are facing considerable challenges regarding flexibility, dependability and security that next generation systems must handle.
Additionally, although IoT cloud systems include many mobile and unstable devices, the current prototype provides a limited support regarding the dependability concerns.
Also, comparative studies are performed with the existing conventional distance protection (Mho relays) for corroborating the superiority of the proposed scheme regarding security and dependability.
Finally, an important trade-off between Capital Expenditures (CAPEX) and dependability-related Operational Expenditures (OPEX) regarding PON physical layout is presented and solved, giving guidelines for designing PONs where the total cost is reduced.
We also plan to address the current limitations regarding the mobility aspects, especially the dependability issues related to the device mobility and mobility of software components, i.e., runtime migration of software-defined gateways.
These conditions and the presence of asynchronous communication patterns in realistic sensor networks regarding highly multihop scenarios with high requirements on availability and dependability makes the employment with low-cost nodes in such an environment usually improper.
Regarding the trustworthiness of the study, the concepts of credibility, dependability and transferability were addressed (Guba, 1981; Graneheim and Lundman, 2004).
To achieve dependability, a discussion guide was developed and gradually improved/changed during the study, but regarding the topic of fertility, almost the same questions were asked in all groups.
