Implementing Artificial Intelligence in Blockchain for Ramallah Smart City in Palestine: A Case Study رسالة ماجستير

Abstract

This thesis worked on studying implementation artificial intelligence in blockchain technology, studying smart cities, and studying the smart city of Ramallah, and then linking the two technologies in order to benefit from them optimally. The study presented a proposal to apply blockchain technology in the city of Ramallah in Palestine by proposing a smart parking program in the city of Ramallah. RSP, in order to contribute to transforming the transportation sector from its traditional form into a smart transportation sector that would contribute to alleviating traffic congestion and reducing environmental pollution resulting from fuel combustion in cars, as well as strengthening the security system in the smart city of Ramallah by combating the phenomenon of illegal cars. As well as combating car theft, the study presented a new consensus algorithm in blockchain technology and called it SMO, as this algorithm works in three stages. The first stage begins with creating blocks using the Proof-of-Work consensus algorithm, and in the second stage it is an additional layer of protection called Block Bank: This layer works on early detection of malicious blocks and transactions using ML machine learning algorithms (Anomaly detection (Isolation Forest), Hidden Markov Models, K-means, Random Forests). The algorithm stores the detected malicious blocks in the Distributed Ledger to benefit from them in subsequent operations. In identifying malicious blocks, in the third stage, the Proof-of-Stake consensus algorithm is used to audit the blocks that were not identified in the second stage. If a malicious block is discovered, it is sent to the Distributed Ledger in order to benefit from it in identifying malicious blocks. The message reached the following recommendations: - The need to strongly encourage local researchers to address and explore blockchain technology in Palestine. V - It is suggested that it is necessary to study the various basic sectors in the city of Ramallah and contribute to transforming them from their traditional form into smart sectors. - It is strongly suggested that the current study be applied to the rest of the Palestinian cities and search for ways to transform them into smart cities. - It is strongly suggested that researchers explore artificial intelligence technology to raise the security level of blockchain technology