Data Mining and Machine Learning to Promote Smart Cities: A Systematic Review from 2000 to 2018

Jovani Taveira de Souza, Antonio Carlos de Francisco, Cassiano Moro Piekarski and Guilherme Francisco do Prado
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Jovani Taveira de Souza: Department of Production Engineering, Federal University Technology, Av. Monteiro Lobato, 84016-210, Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil
Antonio Carlos de Francisco: Department of Production Engineering, Federal University Technology, Av. Monteiro Lobato, 84016-210, Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil
Cassiano Moro Piekarski: Department of Production Engineering, Federal University Technology, Av. Monteiro Lobato, 84016-210, Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil
Guilherme Francisco do Prado: Department of Production Engineering, Federal University Technology, Av. Monteiro Lobato, 84016-210, Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 4, 1-14

Abstract: Smart cities (SC) promote economic development, improve the welfare of their citizens, and help in the ability of people to use technologies to build sustainable services. However, computational methods are necessary to assist in the process of creating smart cities because they are fundamental to the decision-making process, assist in policy making, and offer improved services to citizens. As such, the aim of this research is to present a systematic review regarding data mining (DM) and machine learning (ML) approaches adopted in the promotion of smart cities. The Methodi Ordinatio was used to find relevant articles and the VOSviewer software was performed for a network analysis. Thirty-nine significant articles were identified for analysis from the Web of Science and Scopus databases, in which we analyzed the DM and ML techniques used, as well as the areas that are most engaged in promoting smart cities. Predictive analytics was the most common technique and the studies focused primarily on the areas of smart mobility and smart environment. This study seeks to encourage approaches that can be used by governmental agencies and companies to develop smart cities, being essential to assist in the Sustainable Development Goals.

Keywords: smart cities; data mining; machine learning; systematic review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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