MaaSim: A Liveability Simulation for Improving the Quality of Life in Cities

Dominika Woszczyk, Gerasimos Spanakis

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Abstract

Urbanism is no longer planned on paper thanks to powerful models and 3D simulation platforms. However, current work is not open to the public and lacks an optimisation agent that could help in decision making. This paper describes the creation of an open-source simulation based on an existing Dutch liveability score with a built-in AI module. Features are selected using feature engineering and Random Forests. Then, a modified scoring function is built based on the former liveability classes. The score is predicted using Random Forest for regression and achieved a recall of 0.83 with 10-fold cross-validation. Afterwards, Exploratory Factor Analysis is applied to select the actions present in the model. The resulting indicators are divided into 5 groups, and 12 actions are generated. The performance of four optimisation algorithms is compared, namely NSGA-II, PAES, SPEA2 and backslashepsilon -MOEA, on three established criteria of quality: cardinality, the spread of the solutions, spacing, and the resulting score and number of turns. Although all four algorithms show different strengths, backslashepsilon -MOEA is selected to be the most suitable for this problem. Ultimately, the simulation incorporates the model and the selected AI module in a GUI written in the Kivy framework for Python. Tests performed on users show positive responses and encourage further initiatives towards joining technology and public applications.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationECML PKDD 2018 Workshops
EditorsCarlos Alzate, Anna Monreale, Haytham Assem, Albert Bifet, Teodora Sandra Buda, Bora Caglayan, Brett Drury, Eva García-Martín, Ricard Gavaldà, Stefan Kramer, Niklas Lavesson, Michael Madden, Ian Molloy, Maria-Irina Nicolae, Mathieu Sinn
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherSpringer
Pages118-133
Number of pages16
ISBN (Print)978-3-030-13453-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2018

Publication series

SeriesLecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume11329
ISSN0302-9743

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