Adaption rule for simultaneous use of smart urban objects from a fairness perspective

Publication Type

Contribution to conference

Authors

Hubl, M.

Year of publication

2018

Published in

Proceedings of the 20th IEEE International Conference on Business Informatics (CBI 2018)

Conference name

20th IEEE International Conference on Business Informatics (CBI 2018)

Conference location

Wien, Österreich

Conference date

11.-14.07.2018

Smart urban objects are an innovative type of physical objects equipped with sensors, information processing capability and actuators, and located in a public urban area. These objects can enhance usability of the urban environment by adapting parameters to individual needs of pedestrians. However, fairness problems occur if multiple pedestrians with incongruent needs wish to use the same object simultaneously. This research proposes a method for establishing a fair configuration of smart urban objects that are used by multiple pedestrians at the same time. Therefore, I develop an adaption rule based on economic fairness models to establish a welfare-egalitarian configuration of smart urban objects for the case of two concurrent users. The simulation-based evaluation provides evidence that using the adaption rule both enhances fairness and utilitarian welfare compared to using non-adaption.