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Transportation Big Data Simulation Platform for the Greater Toronto Area (GTA)

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Smart City 360° (SmartCity 360 2016, SmartCity 360 2015)

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This paper presents how big data could be utilized in preparing for smart cities. Within this context, smart cities require intelligent decisions in real time, while processing large amount of data. One big component that relates to smart cities in ITS applications is using artificial intelligent techniques that rely heavily on simulation environments for the evaluation and testing of ITS strategies. In this paper, we present a model for the GTA transportation network. While the model enables big data transportation applications to run in real time, its building process implied intensive work with big data. Within this paper, we show the structure, the calibration, and the outputs of the model. Moreover, some applications, which use the proposed model, are presented. These big data applications are a step towards the smart city of Toronto. Finally, we conclude with some thoughts of future work and the next generation of big data models.

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  1. Civil Engineering Department, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Islam R. Kamel, Hossam Abdelgawad & Baher Abdulhai

  2. Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Giza, 12631, Egypt

    Hossam Abdelgawad

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  1. University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Alberto Leon-Garcia

  2. Skoda Auto University, Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic

    Radim Lenort

  3. Skoda Auto University, Mlada Boleslav, Czech Republic

    David Holman

  4. Škoda Auto University, Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic

    David Staš

  5. Mendel University Brno, Brno, Czech Republic

    Veronika Krutilova

  6. Škoda Auto University, Mladá, Czech Republic

    Pavel Wicher

  7. Slovak University of Technology, Trnava, Slovakia

    Dagmar Cagáňová

  8. Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Czech Republic

    Daniela Špirková

  9. Slovak University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic

    Julius Golej

  10. University of Quebec´s ETS, Montréal, Canada

    Kim Nguyen

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Kamel, I.R., Abdelgawad, H., Abdulhai, B. (2016). Transportation Big Data Simulation Platform for the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). In: Leon-Garcia, A., et al. Smart City 360°. SmartCity 360 SmartCity 360 2016 2015. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 166. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33681-7_37

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