SynopCity© Virtual HUB-A Testbed for Smart Cities

The paper introduces a framework of a platform called SynopCity© Virtual HUB (SVH) serving as a tool either for collaborative design and learning approach (CDLA), or as cooperative intelligent system (CIS). HUB in this concept represents a connection between a physical and virtual place, social and physical system networks collecting and exchanging data and space to exploring behavior of processes inside and outside of cities and surroundings and finding possible solutions.