Modeling smart cities with hetero-functional graph theory

Wester C.H. Schoonenberg, Amro M. Farid

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    Abstract

    In the 21st century, urbanization as a mega-trend will create many megacities. These highly dense, large population centers will have to efficiently deliver essential services including, energy, water, mobility, manufactured goods, and healthcare. While these services may be treated independently, they are in reality interdependent, especially as the need for efficient resource utilization, and consequently integration. This presents a formidable engineering challenge as the modeling foundations for these services have traditionally been discipline specific. Furthermore, efforts to integrate these modeling foundations have often adopted simplifying constraints which have limited applicability to the emerging challenge of smart cities. This paper collates an emerging "hetero-functional graph theory" for potential application to integrated smart city infrastructure models. It has been recently demonstrated in several application domains. The paper concludes with the construction of a hetero-functional graph for a smart city model consisting of an integrated electricity, water, and transportation system. Such a graph has the potential for dynamic modeling, resilience analysis, and integrated decision-making.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publication2017 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2017
    Pages1627-1632
    Number of pages6
    ISBN (Electronic)9781538616451
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 27 Nov 2017
    Event2017 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2017 - Banff, Canada
    Duration: 5 Oct 20178 Oct 2017

    Publication series

    Name2017 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2017
    Volume2017-January

    Conference

    Conference2017 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2017
    Country/TerritoryCanada
    CityBanff
    Period5/10/178/10/17

    Keywords

    • Axiomatic Design
    • Engineering Systems
    • Hetero-functional Graph Theory
    • Infrastructure
    • Smart City

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