scholarly journals SEE-TREND: SEcurE Traffic-Related EveNt Detection in Smart Communities

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (22) ◽  
pp. 7652
Author(s):  
Stephan Olariu ◽  
Dimitrie C. Popescu
Keyword(s):  
Event Detection ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Inference Engine ◽  
The State ◽  
Related Event ◽  
Related Data ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Smart Mobility ◽  
Smart Communities ◽  
Theoretical Foundations

It has been widely recognized that one of the critical services provided by Smart Cities and Smart Communities is Smart Mobility. This paper lays the theoretical foundations of SEE-TREND, a system for Secure Early Traffic-Related EveNt Detection in Smart Cities and Smart Communities. SEE-TREND promotes Smart Mobility by implementing an anonymous, probabilistic collection of traffic-related data from passing vehicles. The collected data are then aggregated and used by its inference engine to build beliefs about the state of the traffic, to detect traffic trends, and to disseminate relevant traffic-related information along the roadway to help the driving public make informed decisions about their travel plans, thereby preventing congestion altogether or mitigating its nefarious effects.

From Smart-Cities to Smart-Communities

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 24-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesca De Filippi ◽  
Cristina Coscia ◽  
Roberta Guido
Keyword(s):  
Smart Cities ◽  
Synthetic Indicators ◽  
Living Labs ◽  
Smart Mobility ◽  
Smart Community ◽  
Smart Governance ◽  
Smart Communities ◽  
Hierarchical Multiscale ◽  
Urban Sites

Nowadays, through ICT supports and their applications, the concept of smart cities has evolved into smart communities, where the collaborative relationship between citizens and public administration generates multi-dimensional impacts: urban sites are living labs and agents of innovation and inclusion. As a first step, this article aims to critically review the state of the art of the assessment methods of these impacts through a set of synthetic indicators; the second step is to elaborate a specific framework to evaluate quality of life through a set of impact indicators for smart communities and inclusive urban processes. According to some referenced authors, cities and communities are smart if they perform well in six smart categories: smart economy; smart people; smart governance; smart mobility; smart environment; and smart living. Considering a recent experiment carried out in Turin (Italy), the authors propose a methodology, whose trial is ongoing, based on a hierarchical multiscale framework defining a set of smart community indicators.

scholarly journals Environmental responsibility mechanism development in the public sector of the economy

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 28-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inna Makarenko ◽  
Diana Bychenko ◽  
Serhiy Makarenko ◽  
Gunay Qasimova
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
The State ◽  
Environmental Responsibility ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Administration Reform ◽  
Important Sense ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Smart Communities

Environmental responsibility mechanism in the public sector of the economy has an important sense in UN Sustainability Development Goals achievement, as well as in ensuring the competitiveness of the state-owned companies and the state as a whole. Sustainability concept, concept of “smart cities and smart communities” and the implementation of public administration reform, the necessity to increase the transparency of state-owned companies and the responsibility of municipalities to communities determine the reasonability and urgency in environmental responsibility mechanism development. Systematization and comparative analysis of world and national experience of environmental responsibility mechanism development in the public sector of the economy were made. The author’s approach to the structuring of the mechanism of environmental responsibility in the public sector was developed. Public policy peculiarities implementation in the field of environmental responsibility were investigated considering the levels of regulation of such liability: in state-owned companies as models for other sectors of the economy; in public authorities and municipalities.

scholarly journals Enabling Technologies for Urban Smart Mobility: Recent Trends, Opportunities and Challenges

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 2143
Author(s):  
Sara Paiva ◽  
Mohd Abdul Ahad ◽  
Gautami Tripathi ◽  
Noushaba Feroz ◽  
Gabriella Casalino
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Autonomous Vehicles ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Enabling Technologies ◽  
Entry Points ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Smart Mobility

The increasing population across the globe makes it essential to link smart and sustainable city planning with the logistics of transporting people and goods, which will significantly contribute to how societies will face mobility in the coming years. The concept of smart mobility emerged with the popularity of smart cities and is aligned with the sustainable development goals defined by the United Nations. A reduction in traffic congestion and new route optimizations with reduced ecological footprint are some of the essential factors of smart mobility; however, other aspects must also be taken into account, such as the promotion of active mobility and inclusive mobility, encouraging the use of other types of environmentally friendly fuels and engagement with citizens. The Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blockchain and Big Data technology will serve as the main entry points and fundamental pillars to promote the rise of new innovative solutions that will change the current paradigm for cities and their citizens. Mobility-as-a-service, traffic flow optimization, the optimization of logistics and autonomous vehicles are some of the services and applications that will encompass several changes in the coming years with the transition of existing cities into smart cities. This paper provides an extensive review of the current trends and solutions presented in the scope of smart mobility and enabling technologies that support it. An overview of how smart mobility fits into smart cities is provided by characterizing its main attributes and the key benefits of using smart mobility in a smart city ecosystem. Further, this paper highlights other various opportunities and challenges related to smart mobility. Lastly, the major services and applications that are expected to arise in the coming years within smart mobility are explored with the prospective future trends and scope.

Tax incentives for industrial production

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roman Gereev ◽  
Milyausha Pinskaya
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Industrial Production ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Tax Incentives ◽  
The State ◽  
Tax Administration ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Improve State ◽  
Theoretical Foundations

The monograph is devoted to the analysis of tax incentives, the use of which will help to achieve the economic goals of the state in the field of industrial support. The theoretical foundations of tax incentives for industrial development are considered, the effectiveness of tax incentives is evaluated, and measures to improve state financial support for industrial production are proposed. It is intended for a wide range of readers: specialists involved in tax risk management, economists in the field of industrial production, consultants in the field of taxation and tax administration, students and teachers of economic universities.

A Non - Intrusive Load Identification Algorithm Combined with Event Detection

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Runhai Jiao ◽  
Qihang Zhou ◽  
Liangqiu Lyu ◽  
Guangwei Yan
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Artificial Neural Network ◽  
Event Detection ◽  
The State ◽  
Event Recognition ◽  
Identification Algorithm ◽  
Load Identification ◽  
Fusion Model ◽  
Public Data ◽  
Artificial Neural

Background: The traditional state-based non-intrusive load monitoring method mainly deploys the aggregate load as the characteristic to identify the states of every electrical appliance. Each identification is relatively independent, and there is no correlation between the identification results. Objective: This paper combines the event detection results with the state-based non-intrusive load identification algorithm to improve accuracy. Methods: Firstly, the load recognition model based on an artificial neural network is constructed, and the state-based recognition results are obtained. An event recognition and detection model is then built to identify electrical state transitions, that is, the current moment based on the event recognition results obtained from the previous moment. Finally, a reasonable decision method is constructed to determine the identification result of the electrical states. Result: Experimental results on the public data set REDD show that in the Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) fusion model, the macro-F1 is increased by an average of 6%, and the macro-F1 of the Artificial Neural Network (ANN) fusion model is increased by an average of 5.3% compared with LSTM and ANN. Conclusion: The proposed model can effectively improve the accuracy of identification compared with the state-based load identification method.

scholarly journals The modern law-making process: structure and main problems

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (69) ◽  
pp. 605-614
Author(s):  
Mikhail B. Rumyantsev ◽  
Vladislav Yu. Turanin ◽  
Sergey Yu. Sumenkov ◽  
Marina G. Smirnova ◽  
Esita E. Ganaeva
Keyword(s):  
Standard Setting ◽  
The State ◽  
Dialectical Method ◽  
Legal Norms ◽  
State And Society ◽  
Process Structure ◽  
Theoretical Foundations ◽  
Law Making ◽  
Main Factor

Through the dialectical method the objective of the article was to analyze the process of the elaboration of modern laws, considering their structure and main problems. There is a major structure and problems inherent in the modern law-making process described in the article. The structure of law-making comprises four parts: 1. Cognitive-analytical part; 2. Theoretical foundations of the legal norms and acts they dictate; 3. Validation of legal act or norm; 4. Monitoring of relevant rules and legal acts. The main legislative task is to draft legal norms that stimulate the active development of all parts of the State and society through a deep perception of all related processes, including those involving standard-setting. It is concluded that the main factor affecting the quality of legislation is the lack of a uniform legislative basis for the issuance of legal acts. There seems to be a real need to develop a uniform legislative act on the law-making process. The Code containing general and specific parts of each law must be developed.

scholarly journals PUBLIC SECURITY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE OBJECTIVE ATTENTION OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: A CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS

2021 ◽  
Vol 04 (02) ◽  
pp. 24-28
Author(s):  
Svirko Svitlana Svirko Svitlana
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
State Institution ◽  
The State ◽  
Public Security ◽  
State Security ◽  
General Object ◽  
National Security State ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Cluster Unit ◽  
Theoretical Foundations

The article considers the issue of state security in the context of the objective attention of public administration. Based on the semantics of the concepts of "state" and "security", elaboration of a set of approaches to the interpretation of these definitions, analysis of options for different authors in favor of certain approaches to the interpretation of the concept of "state security" formed and motivated the author's vision of this term such a state of protection of various vector interests of the state and its simple cluster unit - the citizen - which ensures the effective functioning of all spheres, industries, institutional sectors (including their units), mechanisms in general and the implementation of the functions and powers of the state institution in particular for their further development in a changing environment, external and internal threats. The proposed in some way unification approach allows emphasizing the content of the concept, as a logically related set of relevant objects, in the context of the prevailing philosophical nature of the phenomenon of "security", leaving open the "scope" of the concept for further more detailed detailing of its characteristics in the segment. theoretical foundations of the science of public administration in the field of public security concerning its elemental components. This approach provides a focus on the most general object-subject features of the concept while avoiding minor characteristics. Keywords: state, society, public administration, national security, state security, threats.

scholarly journals A New Approach of Smart Mobility for Heavy Goods Vehicles in Casablanca

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Mouhcine Maaroufi ◽  
Laila Stour ◽  
Ali Agoumi
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Traffic Management ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Smart Mobility ◽  
Heavy Goods Vehicles

Managing mobility, both of people and goods, in cities is a thorny issue. The travel needs of urban populations are increasing and put pressure on transport infrastructure. The Moroccan cities are no exception and will struggle, in the short term, to respond to the challenges of the acceleration of the phenomenon of urbanization and the increase in demand for mobility. This will inevitably prevent them from turning into smart cities. The term smart certainly alludes to better use of technologies, but smart mobility is also defined as “a set of coordinated actions intended to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and environmental sustainability of cities” [1]. The term mobility highlights the preponderance of humans over infrastructure and vehicles. Faced with traffic congestion, the solutions currently adopted which consist of fitting out and widening the infrastructures, only encourage more trips and report the problem with more critical consequences. It is true that beyond a certain density of traffic, even Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) are not useful. The concept of dynamic lane management or Advanced Traffic Management (ATM) opens up new perspectives. Its objective is to manage and optimize road traffic in a variable manner, in space and in time. This article is a summary of the development of a road infrastructure dedicated to Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGV), the first of its kind in Morocco. It aims to avoid the discomfort caused by trucks in the urban road network of the city of Casablanca. This research work is an opportunity to reflect on the introduction of ITS and ATM to ensure optimal use of existing infrastructure before embarking on heavy and irreversible infrastructure projects.

scholarly journals How have governments supported citizens stranded abroad due to COVID-19 travel restrictions? A comparative analysis of the financial and health support in eleven countries

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pippa McDermid ◽  
Adam Craig ◽  
Meru Sheel ◽  
Holly Seale
Keyword(s):  
Information Needs ◽  
Design Tool ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Website Design ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Related Data ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Travel Restrictions ◽  
Health Support ◽  
Content Accessibility

Abstract Background: In response to the continuing threat of COVID-19, many countries have implemented some form of border restriction. A repercussion of these restrictions has been that some travellers have been stranded abroad unable to return to their country of residence, and in need for government support. Our analysis explores the COVID-19-related information and support options provided by 11 countries to their citizens stranded overseas due to travel restrictions. We also examined the quality (i.e., readability, accessibility, and useability) of the information that was available from selected governments’ web-based resources.Methods: Between June 18 to June 30, 2021, COVID-19-related webpages from 11 countries (Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Canada, United States of America (USA), United Kingdom (UK), France, Spain, Japan, Singapore, and Thailand) were reviewed and content relating to information and support for citizens stuck overseas analysed. Government assistance-related data from each webpage was extracted and coded for the following themes: travel arrangements, health and wellbeing, finance and accommodation, information needs, and sources. Readability was examined using the Simplified Measure of Gobbledygook (SMOG) and the Flesch Kincaid readability tests; content ‘accessibility’ was measured using the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Version 2.1; and content ‘usability’ assessed using the usability heuristics for website design tool.Results: Ninety-eight webpages from 34 websites were evaluated. No country assessed covered all themes analysed. Most provided information and some level of support regarding repatriation options; border control and re-entry measures; medical assistance; and traveller registration. Only three countries provided information or support for emergency housing while abroad, and six provided some form of mental health support for their citizens. Our analysis of the quality of COVID-19-related information available on a subset of four countries’ websites found poor readability and multiple accessibility and usability issues.Conclusion: With large variance in the information and services available across the countries analysed, our results highlight gaps, inconsistencies, and potential inequities in support available, and raise issues pertinent to the quality, accessibility, and usability of information. This study will assist policymakers plan and communicate comprehensive support packages for citizens stuck abroad due to the COVID-19 situation and design future efforts to prepare for global public health emergencies.

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