scholarly journals Internet of Things-enabled Smart Cities: Big Data-driven Decision-Making Processes in the Knowledge-based Urban Economy

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 101
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Big Data ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Urban Economy ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Data Driven Decision Making ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Decision Making Processes

scholarly journals Smart Cities and Big Data Analytics: A Data-Driven Decision-Making Use Case

Smart Cities ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 286-313
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Shahat Osman ◽  
Ahmed Elragal
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Big Data ◽  
Data Analytics ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Big Data Analytics ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Use Case ◽  
Data Driven Decision Making ◽  
Domain Independent

Interest in smart cities (SCs) and big data analytics (BDA) has increased in recent years, revealing the bond between the two fields. An SC is characterized as a complex system of systems involving various stakeholders, from planners to citizens. Within the context of SCs, BDA offers potential as a data-driven decision-making enabler. Although there are abundant articles in the literature addressing BDA as a decision-making enabler in SCs, mainstream research addressing BDA and SCs focuses on either the technical aspects or smartening specific SC domains. A small fraction of these articles addresses the proposition of developing domain-independent BDA frameworks. This paper aims to answer the following research question: how can BDA be used as a data-driven decision-making enabler in SCs? Answering this requires us to also address the traits of domain-independent BDA frameworks in the SC context and the practical considerations in implementing a BDA framework for SCs' decision-making. This paper's main contribution is providing influential design considerations for BDA frameworks based on empirical foundations. These foundations are concluded through a use case of applying a BDA framework in an SC's healthcare setting. The results reveal the ability of the BDA framework to support data-driven decision making in an SC.

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