2025 April - 34 articles
With urbanization and population growth, waste management has become a pressing issue. Intelligent detection systems using deep learning algorithms to monitor garbage bin overflow in real time have emerged as a key solution. However, these systems of...
The arrival of 5G technology is transforming the creation of smart cities by delivering unmatched speed, extremely low latency, and broad device connectivity. These developments allow for the effortless integration of IoT devices, live monitoring sys...
This manuscript investigates the integration of micromobility solutions in four Swiss contexts, with a primary focus on Lugano as the testing area. Through urban analysis, urban experiment, and social testing, the Inclusive MicroMob project introduce...
This article addresses the optimal network expansion problem in rural distribution systems using a mixed-integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) model that simultaneously performs route selection and conductor sizing in radial distribution systems. The...
Amidst climate change and the energy crisis worldwide, the synergy between smart city and environmental policies has become a key path to improving the green resilience of cities. This study examines the spatial effects of carbon emission trading (CE...
This article explores the integration of Maintenance 4.0 into HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) systems, highlighting its essential role within the framework of Industry 4.0. Maintenance 4.0 utilizes advanced technologies such as arti...
Accurately forecasting load profiles, especially peak catching, is a challenge due to the stochastic nature of consumption. In this paper, we applied the following three models for forecasting: Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM); Support Vector Regression...
This work presents an innovative, energy-efficient IoT routing protocol that combines advanced data fusion grouping and routing strategies to effectively tackle the challenges of data management in smart cities. Our protocol employs hierarchical Data...
Energy-efficient renovation of the existing building stock is essential for achieving the ambitious sustainability goals set by the European Commission for 2030. However, implementing sustainable renovation has proven challenging, as numerous studies...
Social media is crucial for gathering public feedback on government services, particularly in the traffic sector. While Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis (ABSA) offers a means to extract actionable insights from user posts, analyzing Arabic content pos...
The global demand for transportation systems is growing due to the rise in passenger and cargo traffic, predicted to reach twice the current level by 2050. Although this growth signifies social and economic progress, its impact on energy consumption...
The rapid integration of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies in smart cities enhances urban management, yet public acceptance remains crucial for successful deployment. This study examined gender-based differences in IoT acceptance through a survey...
This paper investigates the application of recurrent neural networks, specifically Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) models, for pressure forecasting in urban water supply systems. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of LSTM mod...
Understanding and predicting urban vitality—the intensity and diversity of human activities in urban spaces—is crucial for sustainable urban development. However, existing studies often rely on discrete sampling points and single metrics,...
Understanding the interplay between traffic optimization parameters and their alignment with sensors, control algorithms, and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is essential for improving urban traffic management. The appropriate selection of param...
The increasing complexity of urban logistics in smart cities requires innovative solutions that leverage real-time data, predictive analytics, and adaptive learning to enhance efficiency. This study presents a predictive analytics framework integrati...
There is a trend towards urbanization and thus higher energy consumption in buildings, while decarburization and renewable energy sources (RESs) are becoming top priorities. Building-integrated wind turbines (BIWTs) represent a potential solution, es...
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are integral to the development of smart city infrastructures, enabling essential services such as real-time surveillance, urban traffic regulation, and cooperative environmental monitoring. UAV-to-UAV communication ne...
The intersection of environmental justice and urban accessibility presents a critical challenge in sustainable city planning. While the “15-minute city” concept has emerged as a prominent framework for promoting walkable neighborhoods, it...
Emergency medical services (EMSs) are critical to reducing fatalities and improving patient outcomes in emergencies such as traffic accidents, where response time is a decisive factor. This study proposes a comprehensive and systematic approach to de...
Smart cities are urban areas that use advanced technologies to make urban living better through efficient resource management, sustainable development, and improved quality of life. Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) is a noninvasive and nondestructive imag...
Spain’s National Integrated Energy and Climate Plan (PNIEC) addresses the policies and measures needed to contribute to the European target of a 23% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. To this end, the decarbo...
Traffic simulation, a tool for recreating real-life traffic scenarios, acts as an important platform in transportation research. Considering the growing complexity of urban mobility, various large-scale regional simulators are designed and used for r...
The transition towards a Circular Economy (CE) in the construction sector is essential to achieving sustainable, inclusive smart cities. This study examines the integration of CE principles into construction policies across four key global contexts:...
This work focuses on optimizing the scheduling of virtual power plants (VPPs)—as implemented in the Portuguese national project New Generation Storage (NGS)—to maximize social welfare and enhance energy trading efficiency within modern en...
Modern and smart cities prioritize providing sufficient facilities for inclusive and bicycle-friendly streets. Several methods have been developed to assess city bicycle environments at street, neighborhood, and city levels. However, the importance o...
A coordinated control for the volt-var optimization (VVO) problem is presented using load tap changer transformers, voltage regulators, and capacitor banks with the integration of a PV-based microgrid. The harmony search (HS) algorithm, which is a me...
The rapid urbanization of recent decades has intensified climate change challenges, demanding sophisticated solutions to build resilient and sustainable cities. A key aspect of sustainable urban planning is decentralizing and democratizing its proces...
With the evolving urbanization process in modern cities, the tertiary industry load and residential load start to take up a major proportion of the total urban power load. These loads are more dependent on stochastic factors such as human behaviors a...
An essential aspect of any government in a smart city is to examine the issues of internal and external migration. Migration is a complex phenomenon. In order to effectively manage it, it is not only necessary to be able to accurately predict migrati...
The global challenges that cities must face regarding sustainability, efficiency, integration, and resilience have found in the smart city concept a guideline of action as a model for urban development and transformation. The multidimensional nature...
This study proposes an optimal matching problem between drivers and riders as a generalised Nash equilibrium problem, which finds a solution where no drivers and riders have the incentive to change their strategy. The proposed model is formulated as...
To meet the requirements of a smart city in supporting a sustainable high-quality lifestyle for people, there is a need for many smart technologies and smart grids. A smart grid integrates electrical and digital technologies, information, and communi...
Smart city operation assumes dynamic infrastructure in various aspects. However, organization and process modelling require domain expertise and significant efforts from modelers. As a result, such processes are still not well supported by IT systems...
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