Urban computing in the wild: A survey on large scale participation and citizen engagement with ubiquitous computing, cyber physical systems, and Internet of Things

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 31-48

  Salim, Flora ^a   Haque, Usman ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Umbrellium ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crowdsensing; Crowdsourcing; Cyber physical systems; Human in the loop; Internet of Things; Large scale participation; Public displays; Public spectacle; Smartphones; Ubiquitous computing; Urban computing; Urban interventions; Urban probes

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; INTERNET; INTERNET OF THINGS; SMARTPHONES; SURVEYS;

CROWDSENSING; CROWDSOURCING; CYBER PHYSICAL SYSTEMS (CPSS); HUMAN-IN-THE-LOOP; LARGE-SCALE PARTICIPATION; PUBLIC DISPLAY; PUBLIC SPECTACLE; URBAN COMPUTING; URBAN INTERVENTIONS;

UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

EID: 84930271131     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: 10959300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2015.03.003     Document Type: Article

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