Programmatic Management of Human Coordination and Collaboration Activities

Abstract

This book presents a coherent, novel vision of Smart Cities, built around a value-driven architecture. It describes the limitations of the contemporary notion of the Smart City and argues that the next developmental step must actively include not only the physical infrastructure, but information technology and human infrastructure as well, requiring the intensive integration of technical solutions from the Internet of Things (IoT) and social computing. The book is divided into five major parts, the first of which provides both a general introduction and a coherent vision that ties together all the components that are required to realize the vision for Smart Cities. Part II then discusses the provisioning and governance of Smart City systems and infrastructures. In turn, Part III addresses the core technologies and technological enablers for managing the social component of the Smart City platform. Both parts combine state-of-the-art research with cutting-edge industrial efforts in the respective fields. Lastly, Part IV details a road map to achieving Cyber-Human Smart Cities. Rounding out the coverage, it discusses the concrete technological advances needed to move beyond contemporary Smart Cities and toward the Smart Cities of the future. Overall, the book provides an essential overview of the latest developments in the areas of IoT and social computing research, and outlines a research roadmap for a closer integration of the two areas in the context of the Smart City. As such, it offers a valuable resource for researchers and graduate students alike. Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Acronyms; Part I Present and Future of Smart Cities; Chapter 1 Introduction to Smart Cities and a Vision of Cyber-Human Cities; 1.1 Architecture of Values; 1.2 Smart City Platform; 1.3 Stakeholders; 1.4 Complex Coordinated Activities; 1.5 Incentives as a Soft Controllability Principle; 1.6 Citizen Informedness; 1.7 Provisioning and Governing Infrastructure as a Utility; 1.8 Summary & Organization of the Book; Preface; Part II Provisioning and Governing Smart City Systems; Chapter 2 State Of The Art & RelatedWork. 2.1 Overview of Development Support for IoT Cloud Applications2.2 Provisioning Approaches in the IoT Cloud; 2.3 IoT Cloud Governance Approaches; Chapter 3 Provisioning Smart City Infrastructure; 3.1 Research Context; 3.1.1 Scenarios; 3.1.1.1 Provisioning FMS; 3.1.2 Provisioning BMS; 3.1.3 Research Challenges; 3.2 Main Building Blocks of Software-Defined IoT Systems; 3.2.1 Design Principles of Software-Defined IoT Cloud Systems; 3.2.2 Conceptual Model of Software-Defined IoT Units; 3.2.3 Unit Classification; 3.3 Main Techniques for Provisioning Software-Defined IoT Cloud Systems. 3.3.1 Automated Composition of Software-Defined IoT Units3.3.2 Centrally Managed Configuration Models; 3.4 Prototype Implementation & Evaluation; 3.4.1 Preliminary Implementation of Provisioning Controller; 3.4.2 Experiments; 3.4.2.1 Revisiting the Motivating Scenario; 3.4.2.2 Simplified Provisioning; 3.4.2.3 Flexible Customization; 3.5 Summary; Chapter 4 Middleware for Utility-based Provisioning of Smart City Infrastructure; 4.1 Research Context; 4.1.1 Research Challenges; 4.2 IoT Cloud Provisioning Middleware; 4.2.1 Software-Defined Gateways; 4.2.1.1 Artifact Packages. 4.2.1.2 Provisioning Agent4.2.1.3 Device Connectivity; 4.2.2 Edge Device Middleware Support; 4.2.2.1 Virtual Buffers Daemon; 4.2.2.2 Provisioning Daemon; 4.2.3 Cloud-Based Provisioning Controller; 4.3 Runtime Mechanisms for Multi-level Provisioning in the IoT Cloud; 4.3.1 Runtime Execution of Provisioning Workflows; 4.3.2 Evaluating Composite Predicates; 4.3.3 Artifacts and SDGs Prototypes Runtime Validation; 4.3.4 Provisioning Models; 4.3.4.1 Delivery Models; 4.3.4.2 Deployment Models; 4.3.4.3 Placement Models; 4.4 Prototype Implementation & Evaluation; 4.4.0.1 Applications. 4.4.0.2 Experiment Setup4.4.0.3 Experiments; 4.5 Summary; Chapter 5 Governing Smart City Systems; 5.1 Research Context; 5.1.0.1 Example Operational Governance Processes; 5.2 GovOps -- A Novel Methodology for Governance and Operations in IoT Cloud Systems; 5.2.1 Governance Aspects; 5.2.2 Operations Management Aspects; 5.2.3 Integrating Governance Objectives with Operations Processes; 5.2.4 Main Principles of GovOps in IoT Cloud Systems; 5.3 A Reference Model for GovOps Methodology; 5.3.1 Overview of the GovOps Model for IoT Cloud Systems; 5.3.2 Design Process of GovOps Strategies. 5.4 rtGovOps -- A Runtime Framework for GovOps in Large-Scale IoT Cloud Systems.