Urbanization and knowledge economy have highly marked the new millennium.
Urbanization brings new challenges which can be addressed by the knowledge economy …

Constant monitoring of road conditions would be beneficial for road authorities as well as
road users. However, this is currently not possible due to limited resources. This is because …

This paper examines the opportunities and the economic benefits of exploiting publicly-
sourced datasets of road surface quality. Crowdsourcing and crowdsensing initiatives …

Road condition estimation based on Extended Floating Car Data (XFCD) from smart devices
allows for determining given quality indicators like the international roughness index (IRI) …

Knowledge of the current road condition, such as the road's evenness, is of great relevance
for road users and road authorities. The former can align their behavior with regard to an …

The use of mobile devices connected continuously to the cloud is increasing, and the
development of a cloud-based solution may power the function of these devices in mobility …

The bad conditions of roads characterised by potholes increase the occurrence of accidents,
which sometimes also result in the loss of human lives. In this context, this article presents …

The ubiquity of smart devices in vehicles, such as smartphones allows for a crowdsensing-
based information gathering of the vehicle's environment. For example, accelerometers can …