Title: Citizen-centric development: a key requirements catalogue for mobile CrowdSensing applications in intelligent transportation systems

Authors: Hajar El Gadi; Wahiba Abou-zbiba; Driss Benhaddou; Hanan El Bakkali; Houda Benbrahim

Addresses: SSLab, IT Rabat Center, ENSIAS, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Rabat, 10200, Morocco ' IRDA, IT Rabat Center, ENSIAS, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Rabat, 10200, Morocco ' Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, 11533, Saudi Arabia; Engineering Technology Department, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA ' SSLab, IT Rabat Center, ENSIAS, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Rabat, 10200, Morocco ' IRDA, IT Rabat Center, ENSIAS, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Rabat, 10200, Morocco

Abstract: Presently, intelligent systems have become increasingly important in addressing large-scale societal problems in different fields, e.g. transportation, healthcare, education, etc. In this scope, governments and researchers try to exploit the advantages of mobile technologies to facilitate data collection. Mobile CrowdSensing (MCS) presents a powerful solution that enables citizens to collect relevant data using their smartphones, allowing authorities to deduce quality information for decision-making. In this paper, we consider the case of a road safety-oriented MCS application. A major challenge is to encourage citizens to use such an application. In addition, designing MCS applications that meet security, privacy, and data reliability requirements while implementing incentive mechanisms is a challenge that emphasises the importance of the requirements engineering processes with well-defined requirements. In this paper, we propose a key requirements catalog for MCS applications. Our key findings demonstrate how users provide insights on key requirements for the development of an MCS application.

Keywords: MCS; Mobile CrowdSensing; requirements engineering; key requirements catalogue; security; privacy; data reliability.

DOI: 10.1504/IJASM.2026.150564

International Journal of Agile Systems and Management, 2026 Vol.19 No.1, pp.81 - 105

Received: 22 Apr 2024
Accepted: 05 Oct 2024
Published online: 17 Dec 2025 *

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