The holy grail of smart cities is an integrated, sustainable approach to improve the efficiency
of the city's operations and the quality of life of citizens. At the heart of this vision is the …

Purpose Big Data has become crucial for fulfilling the vision of smart cities; however, there
are several challenges associated with its use. This study aims to provide a holistic view of …

To improve the efficiency of big data feature learning, the paper proposes a privacy
preserving deep computation model by offloading the expensive operations to the cloud …

Abstract The Smart City is a fuzzy concept, which integrates numerous characteristics,
components and dimensions. These characteristics are challenged in the academic …

This paper presents the generic concept of using cloud-based intelligent car parking
services in smart cities as an important application of the Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm …

The main technical issues regarding smart city solutions are related to data gathering,
aggregation, reasoning, data analytics, access, and service delivering via Smart City APIs …

A shared agreed-upon definition of “smart city”(SC) is not available and there is no “best
formula” to follow in transforming each and every city into SC. In a broader inclusive …

The digitalization of the urban development process is driven by the need for informed,
evidence-based, collaborative and participative urban planning and decision-making …

Environmental sustainability is a critical global issue that requires comprehensive
intervention policies. Viewed as localized intervention policy implementations, smart cities …

Global urbanization brings the urge to identify the most intelligent methods to cope with the
challenges arising in the modern society. Sustainable and smart cities are the new target for …