A Hetero-functional Graph Theory for Modeling Interdependent Smart City Infrastructure
A Hetero-functional Graph Theory for Modeling Interdependent Smart City Infrastructure
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用于建模相互依赖的智能城市基础设施的异函数图论
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10.1007/978-3-319-99301-0
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2019
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Wester C. H. Schoonenberg • Inas S. Khayal, Amro M.
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Wester C. H. Schoonenberg • Inas S. Khayal, Amro M.
城市在文明的繁荣中一直发挥着突出的作用。事实上，我们所能想到的每一个伟大的文明都与一个或多个繁荣的城市有关。因此，了解城市--城市居民、城市机构、城市基础设施--城市是什么以及城市如何独立和共同运作--对于我们作为人类文明的集体发展至关重要。但21世纪的城市是不同的。它们不再主要作为农村生活海洋中的城市岛屿存在，而是在城市化人口中心网络中与世界各地的其他城市联系在一起。全球化作为一种经济活动的兴起带来了全球化的大都市文化，以至于许多城市居民更有可能从一个城市跳到另一个城市，而不是探索农村生活的荒野。21世纪还出现了人口超过1000万的特大城市。虽然目前全世界有40多个城市拥有这一殊荣，但人口增长和城市化将创造更多的城市。当然，21世纪充满了无处不在的技术，这些技术从根本上影响着社会、政治和经济机构以及基础设施的发展和运作。也许这样的智慧城市最好被视为最终的工程系统：一类以高度的技术复杂性、社会复杂性和旨在实现社会重要功能的复杂过程为特征的系统。
Cities have always played a prominent role in the prosperity of civilization. Indeed, every great civilization we can think of is associated with the prominence of one or more thriving cities. And so understanding cities—their inhabitants, their institutions, their infrastructure—what they are and how they work independently and together—is of fundamental importance to our collective growth as a human civilization. But the twenty-first century city is different. No longer do they primarily exist as urban islands in a sea of rural life but they are now evermore connected with other cities around the world in a network of urbanized population centers. The rise of globalization as an economic activity has brought about a globalized metropolitan culture to the point where many city dwellers are more likely to hop from one city to another than to explore the wilderness of rural life. The twenty-first century is also giving rise to mega-cities with more than ten million inhabitants each. While more than 40 cities worldwide hold this distinction at present, population growth and urbanization are set to create many more. And of course, the twenty-first century is infused with ubiquitous technology that fundamentally affects how society, political and economic institutions, and infrastructure develop and function. Perhaps such smart cities are best viewed as the ultimate engineering system: A class of systems characterized by a high degree of technical complexity, social intricacy, and elaborate processes aimed at fulfilling important functions in society.