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# Solving "Smart City" Transport Problems by Designing Carpooling Gamification Schemes with Multi-Agent Systems: The Case of the So-Called "Mordor of Warsaw"

Robert Olszewski; Piotr Pałka; Agnieszka Turek

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{
"DOI": "10.3390/s18010141",
"author": [
{
"family": "Robert Olszewski"
},
{
"family": "Piotr Pa\u0142ka"
},
{
"family": "Agnieszka Turek"
}
],
"issued": {
"date-parts": [
[
2018,
1,
6
]
]
},
"abstract": "<p>To reduce energy consumption and improve residents&rsquo; quality of life, &ldquo;smart cities&rdquo; should<br>\nuse not only modern technologies, but also the social innovations of the &ldquo;Internet of Things&rdquo; (IoT)<br>\nera. This article attempts to solve transport problems in a smart city&rsquo;s office district by utilizing<br>\ngamification that incentivizes the carpooling system. The goal of the devised system is to significantly<br>\nreduce the number of cars, and, consequently, to alleviate traffic jams, as well as to curb pollution and<br>\nenergy consumption. A representative sample of the statistical population of people working in one<br>\nof the biggest office hubs in Poland (the so-called &ldquo;Mordor of Warsaw&rdquo;) was surveyed. The collected<br>\ndata were processed using spatial data mining methods, and the results were a set of parameters<br>\nfor the multi-agent system. This approach made it possible to run a series of simulations on a set<br>\nof 100,000 agents and to select an effective gamification methodology that supports the carpooling<br>\nprocess. The implementation of the proposed solutions (a &ldquo;serious game&rdquo; variation of urban games)<br>\nwould help to reduce the number of cars by several dozen percent, significantly reduce energy<br>\nconsumption, eliminate traffic jams, and increase the activity of the smart city residents.</p>",
"title": "Solving \"Smart City\" Transport Problems by Designing Carpooling Gamification Schemes with Multi-Agent Systems: The Case of the So-Called \"Mordor of Warsaw\"",
"type": "article-journal",
"id": "2588329"
}
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