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This paper presents a framework for maximizing the utilization of GeoICT in Emergency Management for the City of Jeddah, one of the major metropolitan centers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The paper starts by providing an overview of the current state-of-the-art for The GeoICT application in the City of Jeddah, then reviewing the role of ICTs in emergency management decision-making for the city...
Housing location decision is basic information for transportation modeling. As the basis of trip generation its modelling is quite well-studied. These models are based on economic theories and assume the knowledge of a broad range of decisive information. At the same time people tend to make decision knowing far less information using heuristics. Utilizing this decision making process the question...
With the rapid growth of hierarchical data in public opinion analysis, users are in urgent need of information visualization techniques to present the data in an intuitive way in order to reveal the characteristics of the data, understand the rules behind the data, and then assist them in decision-making process. This research makes improvement in the display insufficiency of leaf nodes in the radial...
The paper addresses the emerging need for tools devoted to the energy governance of smart cities. We propose a hierarchical decision process that supports the energy manager in governing the smart city while addressing different urban sectors with an integrated, structured, and transparent planning. Starting from the urban control center proposed in a previous contribution for the urban energy management,...
Imperfection is a common characteristic of information nowadays. For example, in everyday life, decisions have to be made based on information that is incomplete, inconsistent, and/or uncertain. This inexactness makes the decision making a challenging task. This paper investigates the behavior of a well-known optimization method, Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), when solving a fuzzy problem. The...
The paper addresses the findings of the research activities conducted in the framework of the RES NOVAE project for the design and development of the Urban Control Center (UCC), a control room of the smart city that allows the Public Administration to analyze the city dynamics and citizens to receive information on the performance of urban infrastructure and services. With a specific focus on energy...
In recent years, High Speed Transit (HST) has been implemented to improve the level of service of public transit systems, ease traffic congestion and decrease greenhouse emissions in urban areas. Light rail transit (LRT) and bus rapid transit (BRT) are often deemed as favorable alternatives, but there has been the debate about which one is more appropriate. The informed decision cannot be made without...
This paper presents the technical background and functionality of a meta-application (meta-app) for cognitive cities. The app enhances communication and thereby facilitates egovernance. This paper focuses on a user-centered implementation of the Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (FAHP) by presenting its technical specifications in relation with cognitive cities. For didactical reasons, a use case...
Centrum is a knowledge management web site focused in tourism, which helps improving analysis and optimizing decision-making process, by using innovative visualization tools. Centrum uses information generated by the Municipality of the Metropolitan District of Quito through its open data web site (http://datosabiertos.quito.gob.ec), and is expected to include additional information from other actors...
In view of the growing demand for energy in Iran, the efficient locations and development of renewable energy sources has become a major issue. The importance of prioritizing of the wind turbine site is being emphasized to maximize the productivity, and is a primary and important stage for decision makers in many countries. This research aims to prioritize five cities of Iranshahr, Chabahar, Zabol,...
The goal of smart cities can be summarized as optimizing the city's services (transportation, utilities, safety and many others) in order to improve the quality of life of its residents. A means to this goal is the heavy use of information and communications technology to give the city awareness of the real world and enable intelligent decision making. At the same time, the field of Affective Computing...
Open government is an approach that purposefully emphasizes and re-invigorates the basic principle of a "government of the people, for the people, and by the people."
In low and middle-income countries (LMIC), providing healthcare services to the rural population has been a challenge. The distribution of the pool of skilled healthcare resources is uneven with a large concentration in cities. People from the rural areas have to travel to the cities to avail even basic healthcare facilities. In order to provide universal healthcare access, various Governments, hospitals,...
The information systems and ERP adopted by small and medium companies are often viewed as key differentiators for their survival in today's competitive and challenging market. However, the integration of information technologies by firms in countries at the development stage is confronted with many barriers that are inherent to their specific cultural, educational and socio-economic environment. Our...
The paper addresses the emerging need of providing urban managers with tools for energy governance of smart cities. We present the architecture of a decision support system called Urban Control Center (UCC). The UCC measures the city energy performance and supports the decision maker in determining the optimal action plan for implementing smartness strategies in the city energy governance. To this...
Attributed graphs are becoming important tools for modeling information networks, such as the Web and various social networks (e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter). However, it is computationally challenging to manage and analyze attributed graphs to support effective decision making. In this paper, we propose, Pagrol, a parallel graph OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) system over attributed graphs...
This paper proposes a rule-based decision-making diagnosis system to evaluate arteriovenous shunt (AVS) stenosis for long-term hemodialysis treatment of patients using fuzzy petri nets (FPNs). AVS stenoses are often associated with blood sounds, resulting from turbulent flow over the narrowed blood vessel. Phonoangiography provides a noninvasive technique to monitor the sounds of the AVS. Since the...
Research on urban resilience is increasingly receiving attention by both policy makers and researchers. In the on-going debate, the focus is usually placed on economic and infrastructural aspects. Human factors, such as collective behavior change in the face of environmental threats or in the aftermath of extreme events, have up to present not been investigated extensively. In this research, we aim...
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