Discussion Tools

Select two tools described below, and describe how these tools could be used to develop a policy for optimizing bus and local train schedules to minimize energy use and passenger wait times in a SmartCity environment.  

To complete this assignment, you must do the following:

A) As indicated above, select two tools described in chapter 7 from different categories, and describe how these tools could be used to develop a policy for optimizing bus and local train schedules to minimize energy use and passenger wait times in a SmartCity environment. 

•Visualization

•Argumentation 

•eParticipation

•Opinion mining

•Simulation

•Serious games

•Tools specifically designed for policy makers

•Persuasive 

•Social network analysis (SNA)

•Big data analytics 

•Semantics and linked data