The possibility of sensing and predicting the movements of crowds in modern cities is of fundamental importance for improving urban planning, urban mobility, urban safety, and tourism activities. However, it also introduces several challenges at the level of sensing technologies and data analysis. The objective of this survey is to overview: (i) the many potential application areas of crowd sensing and prediction; (ii) the technologies that can be exploited to sense crowd along with their potentials and limitations; (iii) the data analysis techniques that can be effectively used to forecast crowd distribution. Finally, the article tries to identify open and promising research challenges.

Sensing and Forecasting Crowd Distribution in Smart Cities: Potentials and Approaches / Cecaj, Alket; Lippi, Marco; Mamei, Marco; Zambonelli, Franco. - In: IOT. - ISSN 2624-831X. - 2:1(2021), pp. 33-49. [10.3390/iot2010003]

Sensing and Forecasting Crowd Distribution in Smart Cities: Potentials and Approaches

Cecaj, Alket;Lippi, Marco;Mamei, Marco;Zambonelli, Franco
2021

Abstract

The possibility of sensing and predicting the movements of crowds in modern cities is of fundamental importance for improving urban planning, urban mobility, urban safety, and tourism activities. However, it also introduces several challenges at the level of sensing technologies and data analysis. The objective of this survey is to overview: (i) the many potential application areas of crowd sensing and prediction; (ii) the technologies that can be exploited to sense crowd along with their potentials and limitations; (iii) the data analysis techniques that can be effectively used to forecast crowd distribution. Finally, the article tries to identify open and promising research challenges.
2021
gen-2021
IOT
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1
33
49
Sensing and Forecasting Crowd Distribution in Smart Cities: Potentials and Approaches / Cecaj, Alket; Lippi, Marco; Mamei, Marco; Zambonelli, Franco. - In: IOT. - ISSN 2624-831X. - 2:1(2021), pp. 33-49. [10.3390/iot2010003]
Cecaj, Alket; Lippi, Marco; Mamei, Marco; Zambonelli, Franco
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