Autonomic computing is a bio-inspired vision elaborated to manage the increasing complexity of contemporary heterogeneous, large scale, dynamic computer systems. This paper presents a series of scenarios relative to micro smart grids – district-size “smart” electricity networks. These scenarios involve situations where autonomic management approaches could provide promising solutions. They ther...

This article argues that smart grid technologies enable policy‐makers and communities to successfully manage enduring energy policy concerns. It defines what ‘smart’ energy technologies, grids and policies mean, and then evaluates how the smart grid can enable policy‐makers to respond to an emerging energy ‘trilemma’. Drawing on case studies from the United States, the article suggests that the...

Purpose This study investigates the relationship between strength of innovative entrepreneurial ecosystems and subjective well-being in 43 European smart cities. Subjective is operationalized by a Quality Life (QOL) survey that references level multidimensional satisfaction or happiness expressed residents at city level. The ecosystem concept depicted here highlights actor interdependence creat...

extended abstract 1. introduction today the irregular growth of the population and its illogical distribution across natural and cultural environments of different communities has necessitated sustainable development in response to the unstable conditions of cities. mashhad is a city with fast growth and development but with no clear plan, especially after land reform program. in this sense, th...

in the present research, nonlinear vibration in a coupled system of boron-nitride nano-tube reinforced composite (bnntrc) oil pipes is studied. single-walled boron-nitride nano-tubes (swbnnts) are arranged in a longitudinal direction inside poly-vinylidene fluoride (pvdf) matrix. damping and shearing effects of surrounded medium are taken into account by visco-pasternak model. based on piezoele...

Smart environments, like smart homes or smart buildings, are environments designed to react and adapt themselves to their environmental context : users behavior, time or climate change, etc. The prospects of such environments goes from improved safety and wellbeing to ecological concerns. These environments are supplied with sensors and actuators, and with computing facilities allowing the desi...