TY - GEN
T1 - Models for sustainability
AU - Cormenzana, Berta
AU - Marinescu, Maria Cristina
AU - Marrero, Monica
AU - Mendoza, Sergio
AU - Rueda, Salvador
AU - Uceda-Sosa, Rosario
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IEEE.
PY - 2015/12/24
Y1 - 2015/12/24
N2 - This paper describes a semantic model for urban sustainability and its implementation as an ontology. The ontology functions as an integration layer for the heterogeneous data sources used to calculate the set of sustainability indicators. These indicators are integrated in the semantic model so they can be indexed by geographical area, semantic concept, or key sustainability category, and they can be accessed through the ontology vocabulary. Users can explore and query both the model and the instance data mapped to it. At a more abstract level, this approach can help with understanding the potentially contradicting effects of changes in the values of the parameters that are modeled, running alternative scenarios and comparing options, and ultimately, selecting solutions that optimize the performance metrics of interest.
AB - This paper describes a semantic model for urban sustainability and its implementation as an ontology. The ontology functions as an integration layer for the heterogeneous data sources used to calculate the set of sustainability indicators. These indicators are integrated in the semantic model so they can be indexed by geographical area, semantic concept, or key sustainability category, and they can be accessed through the ontology vocabulary. Users can explore and query both the model and the instance data mapped to it. At a more abstract level, this approach can help with understanding the potentially contradicting effects of changes in the values of the parameters that are modeled, running alternative scenarios and comparing options, and ultimately, selecting solutions that optimize the performance metrics of interest.
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U2 - 10.1109/ISC2.2015.7366221
DO - 10.1109/ISC2.2015.7366221
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84969945232
T3 - 2015 IEEE 1st International Smart Cities Conference, ISC2 2015
BT - 2015 IEEE 1st International Smart Cities Conference, ISC2 2015
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 1st IEEE International Smart Cities Conference, ISC2 2015
Y2 - 25 October 2015 through 28 October 2015
ER -