Smart Cities
Volume 106, Issue 4 | April 2018
Guest Editors:
Special Issue Papers
Scanning the Issue: Smart Cities
By G. Betis, C. G. Cassandras, and C. A. Nucci
Transactive Control in Smart Cities
By A. M. Annaswamy, Y. Guan, H. E. Tseng, H. Zhou, T. Phan, and D. Yanakiev
This paper explores the use of dynamic tariffs in order to increase the quality of urban mobility through transactive control.
The Price of Anarchy in Transportation Networks: Data-Driven Evaluation and Reduction Strategies
By J. Zhang, S. Pourazarm, C. G. Cassandras, and I. Ch. Paschalidis
This paper studies transportation networks under two different routing policies, the selfish user-centric routing one and the socially optimal system-centric one, and proposes an index, the Price of Anarchy (PoA), to increase efficiency.
Information Patterns in the Modeling and Design of Mobility Management Services
By A. Keimer, N. Laurent-Brouty, F. Farokhi, H. Signargout, V. Cvetkovic, A. M. Bayen, and K. H. Johansson
The focus of this paper is on the increasing impact new mobility services have on traffic patterns and transportation efficiency in general.
Crowdsensing Framework for Monitoring Bridge Vibrations Using Moving Smartphones
By T. J. Matarazzo, P. Santi, S. N. Pakzad, K. Carter, C. Ratti, B. Moaveni, C. Osgood, and N. Jacob
This paper discusses new services that can be delivered to urban environments through big data generated by the public’s smartphones, enhancing the relationship between a city and its infrastructure.
Versatile Modeling Platform for Cooperative Energy Management Systems in Smart Cities
By Y. Hayashi, Y. Fujimoto, H. Ishii, Y. Takenobu, H. Kikusato, S. Yoshikawa, Y. Amano, S. Tanabe, Y. Yamaguchi, Y. Shimoda, J. Yoshinaga, M. Watanabe, S. Sasaki, T. Koike, H. Jacobsen, and K. Tomsovic
This paper presents a modeling platform, including cooperative energy management systems (EMSs), which reproduces the model of a smart distribution network by using data obtained from the real world.
Smart (Electricity) Grids for Smart Cities: Assessing Roles and Societal Impacts
By M. Masera, E. F. Bompard, F. Profumo, and N. Hadjsaid
This paper discusses the main impact that smart grid deployment has, in different respects, on smart cities and then presents a methodology for an extended cost benefit analysis.
City-Friendly Smart Network Technologies and Infrastructures: The Spanish Experience
By A. Gómez-Expósito, A. Arcos-Vargas, J. M. Maza-Ortega, J. A. Rosendo-Macías, G. Alvarez-Cordero, S. Carillo-Aparicio, J. González-Lara, D. Morales-Wagner, and T. González-García
This paper reviews the fast evolution of power systems of the last decade and illustrates, through featured success stories, how several smart grid concepts and technologies have been put into practice in Spain.
Data-Enabled Building Energy Savings (D-E BES)
By S. Abrol, A. Mehmani, M. Kerman, C. J. Meinrenken, and P. J. Culligan
This paper illustrates that creating an affinity between a building resident’s thermal preferences and a building apartment’s unregulated thermal environment represents alternative means of generating an energy-efficient environment for multifamily, residential buildings.
Smart Governance for Smart Cities
By M. Razaghi and M. Finger
This conceptual paper brings together insights from sociotechnical systems, systems theory, and governance literature to shed light on why city administrations should closely follow these changes and adapt the governance approaches accordingly.
Predicting Chronic Disease Hospitalizations from Electronic Health Records: An Interpretable Classification Approach
By T. S. Brisimi, T. Xu, T. Wang, W. Dai, W. G. Adams, and I. Ch. Paschalidis
This paper focuses on the two leading clusters of chronic disease, heart disease and diabetes, and develops data-driven methods to predict hospitalizations due to these conditions, as urban living in modern large cities has significant adverse effects on health.
Using Smart City Technology to Make Healthcare Smarter
By D. J. Cook, G. Duncan, G. Sprint, and R. L. Fritz
This paper discusses how smart city ICT can also improve healthcare effectiveness and lower healthcare cost for smart city residents.
Predicting Frailty Condition in Elderly Using Multidimensional Socioclinical Databases
By F. Bertini, G. Bergami, D. Montesi, G. Veronese, G. Marchesini, and P. Pandolfi
This paper proposes two different predictive models for frailty by exploiting a number of socioclinical databases. In the last decades, life expectancy has increased globally, leading to various age-related issues in almost all developed countries, which this article is aiming to address in part.
The Need of Multidisciplinary Approaches and Engineering Tools for the Development and Implementation of the Smart City Paradigm
By O. Andrisano, I. Bartolini, P. Bellavista, A. Boeri, L. Bononi, A. Borghesi, A. Brath, G. E. Corazza, A. Corradi. S. de Miranda, F. Fava, L. Foschini, G. Leoni, D. Longo, M. Milano, F. Napolitano, C. A. Nucci, G. Pasolini, M. Patella, T. S. Cinotti, D. Tarchi, F. Ubertini, and D. Vigo
This paper is motivated by the concept that the successful, effective, and sustainable implementation of the smart city paradigm requires a multidisciplinary approach and a strict cooperation among researchers with different, complementary interests.
Point of View
The IEEE Smart Cities Initiative — Accelerating the Smartification Process for the 21st Century Cities
By Gilles Betis, Victor M. Larios, Dario Petri, Xiaojun Wu, Aaron Deacon, and Aawatif Hayar
Scanning Our Past
Simulating the ENIAC
By Brian L. Stuart
