Towards Cognitive Cities - Advances in Cognitive Computing and its Application to the Governance of Large Urban Systems

This book introduces the readers to the new concept of cognitive cities.It demonstrates why cities need to become cognitive and why therefore a conceptof cognitive city is needed. It highlights the main building blocks ofcognitive cities and illustrates the concept by various cases. Following aconcise introductory chapter the book features nine chapters illustratingvarious aspects and dimensions of cognitive cities. The logic of its structureproceeds from more general considerations to more specific illustrations. All chapters offer a comprehensiveview of the different research endeavours about cognitive cities and will helppave the way for this new and innovative approach to governing cities in thefuture.
 

Table des matières

Foreword.- What areCognitive Cities?.- From Smartto Cognitive: A Roadmap for the Adoption of Technology in Cities.- Maturity Model for Cognitive Cities: Three CaseStudies.- CognitiveCities, Big Data and Citizen Participation: The Essentials of Privacy andSecurity.- Towards theImprovement of Citizen Communication through Computational Intelligence.- DigitalPersonal Assistant for Cognitive Cities: A Paper Prototype.- Verbalizationof Dependencies Between Concepts Built Through Fuzzy Cognitive Maps.- CognitiveCities: The Nairobi Case.- InnovativeUrban Governance: A Game Oriented Approach to Influencing Energy Behavior.- DiversityMeasures for Smart Cities.

Résumé

This book introduces the readers to the new concept of cognitive cities.
It demonstrates why cities need to become cognitive and why therefore a concept
of cognitive city is needed. It highlights the main building blocks of
cognitive cities and illustrates the concept by various cases. Following a
concise introductory chapter the book features nine chapters illustrating
various aspects and dimensions of cognitive cities. The logic of its structure
proceeds from more general considerations to more specific illustrations. All chapters offer a comprehensive
view of the different research endeavours about cognitive cities and will help
pave the way for this new and innovative approach to governing cities in the
future.
 

Détails du produit

• Collaboration: Finger (Editeur), Finger (Editeur), Matthias Finger (Editeur), Ed Portmann (Editeur), Edy Portmann (Editeur)
• Edition: Springer, Berlin
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9783319816067
• ISBN: 978-3-31-981606-7
• Pages: 215
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 13 mm x 235 mm
• Poids: 365 g
• Illustrations: XVII, 215 p. 49 illus., 34 illus. in color.
• Thèmes: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control; Studies in Systems, Decision and Control
• Catégories: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Technique > Général, dictionnaires; Nachhaltigkeit, B, Sustainability, Konstruktion, Entwurf, Sustainable Development, engineering, Urban & municipal planning, Environmental Social Sciences, Engineering Design, Regional and Spatial Economics, urban economics, Technical design, Computational Intelligence, Urban Geography and Urbanism, Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns), Urban geography, Regional-/Stadtökonomie