Smart Cities: Foundations, Principles, and Applications
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (631 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B073QWBLTB |
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| Number of Pages | : | 439 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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RAVI SRINIVASAN, PhD is an Assistant Professor at University of Florida. rer. . nat. is a Professor at RWTH Aachen University, Germany and Visiting Professor at Volvo, Sweden. SABINA JESCHKE, Dr. TAMIM SOOKOOR, PhD is a Senior Professional Staff at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel. HOUBING SO
This book provides the basics of smart cities, and it examines the possible future trends of this technology. They open up significant opportunities in several areas, such as economic growth, health, wellness, energy efficiency, and transportation, to promote the sustainable development of cities. Smart Cities: Foundations, Principles, and Applications provides a systems science perspective in presenting the foundations and principles that span multiple disciplines for the development of smart cities.Divided into three parts—foundations, principles, and applications—Smart Cities addresses the various challenges and opportunities of creating smart cities and all that they have to offer. In addition, the book:Addresses how to develop a smart city and how to present the state of the art and practice of them all over the worldFocuses on the foundations and principles needed for advancing the science, engineering, and technology of smart cities—including system design, system verification, real-time control and adaptation, Internet of Things, and test bedsCovers applications of smart cities as they relate to smart transportation/connected vehicle (CV) and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) for improved mobility, safety, and environmental protectionSmart Cities: Foundations, Principles, and Applications is a welcome reference for the many researchers and professionals
Divided into three parts—foundations, principles, and applications—Smart Cities addresses the various challenges and opportunities of creating smart cities and all that they have to offer. In addition, the book: Addresses how to develop a smart city and how to present the state of the art and practice of them all over the worldFocuses on the foundations and principles needed for advancing the science, engineering, and technology of smart cities—including system design, system verification, re