COVID19-Routes: A Safe Pedestrian Navigation Service

IEEE Access

Maria Jose Santofimia Romero¹  Jesus Fernandez¹  Juan C. Lopez¹  Ruben Cantarero¹  Ana Rubio¹  Javier Dorado¹ 

[1] Computer Architecture and Networks Group, School of Computer Science of Ciudad Real, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain;

关键词: Commonsense knowledge;    covid-19;    rule-based systems;    smart city;   

DOI  :  10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3092970

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

COVID-19 has become a global pandemic during 2020 due to its high contagiousness and the high mobility of the world’s population today. In just one year, this virus has caused millions of infections and deaths worldwide. These numbers will continue to grow until the population becomes immune to the virus thanks to an effective vaccine. Until this is possible, the only viable strategy is to try to stop its expansion through preventive measures such as limiting mobility, the use of masks, etc. In order to support these measures, this article presents a service to provide safe navigation solutions to reduce the likelihood of infection by avoiding potential conflict areas in the city. To identify these hotspots, a strategy that combines a rule-based system and a common-sense knowledge base is proposed. Through this strategy, an occupation model and a danger model are inferred. This requires the prior capture of knowledge about the general functioning of the city, its inhabitants and the virus. The proposed service makes decisions from these two models. Finally, a validation process has been carried out through surveys to evaluate the proposed solution. Obtained results demonstrate the potential of the proposed solution as a tool to identify safe routes that allow citizens to move around the city with low exposure to COVID-19.

【 授权许可】

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