With an exponential increase in the provisioning of multimedia devices over the Internet of
Things (IoT), a significant amount of multimedia data (also referred to as multimedia big data …

Context: Crowdsourcing, or tap** into the power of the crowd for problem solving, has
gained ever-increasing attraction since it was first introduced. Crowdsourcing has been …

The term 'crowdsourcing'was initially introduced in 2006 to describe an emerging distributed
problem-solving model by online workers. Since then it has been widely studied and …

Crowdsourcing is an emerging business model where tasks are accomplished by the
general public; the crowd. Crowdsourcing has been used in a variety of disciplines …

Through the exponential growth of sensors and smart gadgets (collectively referred to as
smart devices or Internet of Things (IoT) devices), significant amount of heterogeneous and …

The population distribution grid at fine scales better reflects the distribution of residents and
plays an important role in investigating urban systems. The recent years have witnessed a …

Software systems are the joint creative products of multiple stakeholders, including both
designers and users, based on their perception, knowledge and personal preferences of the …

Abstract The Internet of Things (IoT) with billions of connected devices has been generating
an enormous amount of data every hour. Connecting every data item generated by IoT to the …

A smart city connects physical, information technology, social, and business infrastructures
together to leverage their collective intelligence. Feedback drives improvements in service …

Gamification refers to the use of game elements in a business context to change users'
behaviours, mainly increasing motivation towards a certain task or a strategic objective …