Enhanced incentive schemes for volunteers to distribute surplus food in smart cities

Food wastage is a major problem in today’s world and the distribution of food surplus is undoubtedly one of the leading solutions to the problem. Surplus distribution is widely practised across the globe and there are several communities for the same as well. However, the success of these movements...

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Autores: Sanyal, Surja, Mukhopadhyay, Sajal, Xhafa Xhafa, Fatos|||0000-0001-6569-5497
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2023
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositório:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/383658
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/383658
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2023.104409
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Food supply
Food waste
Smart cities
Food wastage
Food recovery
Surplus food distribution
Volunteer incentive
Volunteer participation
Sybil attack
Aliments -- Abastament
Malbaratament d'aliments
Ciutats intel·ligents
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Aplicacions de la informàtica
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Resumo:Food wastage is a major problem in today’s world and the distribution of food surplus is undoubtedly one of the leading solutions to the problem. Surplus distribution is widely practised across the globe and there are several communities for the same as well. However, the success of these movements are determined by the active participation of volunteers. In addition, volunteer availability is an issue that is dependent on several different factors. An incentive module for the volunteers can normalize the availability of the volunteers. Such incentive modules are prone to identity duplication attacks and the implemented solutions do not really encourage volunteer hierarchical structures. In this paper, an incentive module that resists identity duplication and promotes the hierarchical structure between volunteers is presented. In addition, an improved matching module to match the food donors to the receivers utilizing the available volunteers optimally is also proposed