Sensors And Actuators In Smart Cities

This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Sensors and Actuators in Smart Cities" that was published in JSAN

This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks for Smart Cities" that was published in JSAN

Our lives are being transformed by the interplay between mobile networks, wireless communications, and artificial intelligence. This transformation is an outcome of the emerging Internet of Things (IoT) concept and advancements in computer architecture that translate into high computing power, high-performance processing, and huge memory capacities. In addition to the IoT, cyber-physical systems aim for the seamless integration of physical systems with computing and communication resources. Furthermore, in urban areas, the integration of "software-defined sensor networks" and "sensing as a service" concepts with legacy WSN-based systems is leading to the transformation of conventional city services towards smart cities. Smart energy, smart driving, smart homes, smart living, smart governance, and smart health are just a few services that smart cities can offer. This book focuses on novel solutions for wireless sensor and actuator networks in smart cities. This Special Issue invites academic and industry researchers in computer science and engineering, electrical engineering, and communication engineering, as well as ICT industry engineers and practitioners, to contribute original articles in all aspects of wireless sensor networks and actuator systems for smart cities.

Smart City and sensing platforms are considered some of the most significant topics in the Internet of Things (IoT). Sensors are at the heart of the IoT, and their development is a key issue if such concepts are to achieve their full potential. This book addresses the major challenges in realizing smart city and sensing platforms in the era of the IoT and the Cloud. Challenges vary from cost and energy efficiency to availability and service quality. To tackle these challenges, sensors must meet certain expectations and requirements such as size constraints, manufacturing costs and resistance to environmental factors. This book focuses on both the design and implementation aspects for smart city and sensing applications that are enabled and supported by IoT paradigms. Attention is also given to data delivery approaches and performance aspects.

Intelligent Systems for IoE Based Smart Cities provides simplified information about complexities of cyber physical systems, the Internet of Everything (IoE) and smart city infrastructure. It presents 11 edited chapters that reveal how intelligent systems and IoE are driving the evolution of smart cities, making them more efficient, interconnected, and responsive to the needs of citizens. The book content represents comprehensive exploration of the transformative potential and challenges of IoE-based smart cities, fueled by Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) innovations. Key Topics: Physical layer design considerations that underpin smart city infrastructure Enabling technologies for intelligent systems within the context of smart computing environments Smart sensors and actuators, their applications, challenges, and future trends in IoE-based smart cities Applications, enabling technologies, challenges, and future trends of IoE for smart cities. The integration of Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, and smart cities for enhanced urban experiences machine learning-based intrusion detection techniques for countering attacks on the Internet of Vehicles Smartphone-based indoor positioning applications using trilateration and the role of sensors in IoT ecosystems IoT, blockchain, and cloud-based technology for secure frameworks and data analytics Blockchain and smart contracts in shaping the future of smart cities. This is a timely reference for researchers, professionals, and students interested in the convergence IoT, intelligent systems and urban studies into smart city planning and design.

Nanosensors for Smart Cities covers the fundamental design concepts and emerging applications of nanosensors for the creation of smart city infrastructures. Examples of major applications include logistics management, where nanosensors could be used in active transport tracking devices for smart tracking and tracing, and in agri-food productions, where nanosensors are used in nanochips for identity, and food inspection, and smart storage. This book is essential reading for researchers working in the field of advanced sensors technology, smart city technology and nanotechnology, and stakeholders involved in city management. Nanomaterials based sensors (nanosensors) can offer many advantages over their microcounterparts, including lower power consumption, high sensitivity, lower concentration of analytes, and smaller interaction distance between object and sensor. With the support of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, such as fuzzy logic, genetic algorithms, neural networks, and ambient-intelligence, sensor systems are becoming smarter. Provides information on the fabrication and fundamental design concepts of nanosensors for intelligent systems Explores how nanosensors are being used to better monitor and maintain infrastructure services, including street lighting, traffic management and pollution control Assesses the challenges for creating nanomaterials-enhanced sensors for mass-market consumer products

This comprehensive reference text is a collection of important research findings on the latest developments in network modeling for optimization of smart cities. Such models can be used from outlining the fundamental concepts of urban development to the description and optimization of physical networks, such as power, water or telecommunications. Networks help us understand city economics and various aspects of human interactions within cities with particular applications in quality of life and the flow of people and goods. Finally, the natural environment and even the climate of cities can be modeled and managed as networks.

Know how Smart TVs, Smart Cars, Smart Homes, and Smart Cities are changing the World! DESCRIPTION The Internet of Things (IoT) not only connect people but will connect ÔsmartÕ homes, appliances, cars, offices, factories, cities, basically the world. This book discusses how smart cities strive to deploy and interconnect infrastructures and services to guarantee that the authorities and citizens have access to reliable and global customized services. The book describes a wide range of topics present in the design, development, and running of smart cities, ranging from big data management, Internet of Things, and sustainable urban planning. The technical aspects of smart cities enabled primarily by the Internet of Things, the socio-economic motivations and impact of smart city development are covered in this book. KEY FEATURES Learn to successfully create, launch and manage the Internet of Things services Know the process of specifying, implementing, and deploying IoT services Learn the fundamentals of IoT services, building blocks and the key factors Learn the fast track approach to IoT Learn a dual perspective on the Internet of Things and ubiquitous computing Know detailed coverage of the underlying architecture, framework and state of the art methodologies WHAT WILL YOU LEARN The purpose of this book is to help you to work with cities and learn to develop them into smart cities. You will learn to develop a plan and learn what an smart city is, how to plan the smart city infrastructure and from where do you start while developing the smart city. You will learn what kind of planning is involved and about permitting, rent, acquisition, construction planning, with whom should you work? You can learn all this and more from case studies and deployment planning described in the book. WHOM THIS BOOK IS FOR Students studying IoT in universities and who want to know the fundamentals of the IoT business. For business executives and IoT startups. Ê Table of Contents 1.Ê Introduction Ê Ê Ê 2.Ê RFID and WSN: The Beginning 3.Ê Interoperability of IoT Devices and Sensor (Semantic) Web Ê 4.Ê CloudÕs Internet of Things (IoT) 5.Ê IoT and Edge Computing 6.Ê IoT - Big Data Convergence with IoT Data 7.Ê Introduction to (Big Data) Internet of Things Analytics and Streams 8.Ê Operability Among IoT Clouds and Semantics 9.Ê Edge and Analytics 10. To Conclude 11. Abbreviation 12. Bibliography