Smart City Challenges: Prioritization Methods

Proceedings of International Scientific Conference „ALFATECH – Smart Cities and modern technologies“ (pp. 20-27)

 

АУТОР(И) / AUTHOR(S): Aybeyan SELIM , Mimica MILOŠEVIĆ , Dušan MILOŠEVIĆ

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DOI:  10.46793/ALFATECHproc25.020S

САЖЕТАК / ABSTRACT:

Substantial shifts in our way of life prompt us to consider creating smarter, more sustainable cities. The construction of smart cities has become increasingly popular in both systematic studies and international policies. The research seeks to identify the main barriers to smart cities by reviewing the existing literature and consulting with subject-matter experts. In order to identify the most significant obstacle category and rank certain challenges within the categories to the development of smart cities in Serbia and the surrounding area, this investigation also attempted to prioritize the barriers. The foundation for all planned actions in the administration of the urban environment, including its sectors and infrastructure, is the Fourth Industrial Revolution and digitization. Multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) has used the following fuzzy logic techniques to identify key indicators that are pertinent preconditions for the creation of a smart city: triangular and trapezoidal fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) and triangular and trapezoidal interval type-2 fuzzy sets (IT2FS). The creation of a legislative and strategic framework for the Smart City platform, its implementation in the post-COVID-19 era, and the standardization of ICT and ICT management have been identified as the prominent indicators based on six groups of criteria and a significant number of sub-criteria.

КЉУЧНЕ РЕЧИ / KEYWORDS:

Smart city, FAHP, IT2FS, MCDM, algorithm ranking

ПРОЈЕКАТ / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

This work was realized with the financial support of the Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia, the contract on research work of the Faculty of Electronics of the University of Nis in 2025, reg. number 45103-65/2024-03/200102.

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