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Dimensions of smart cities are identified and described from essential factors and characteristics to improve efficiency, sustainability, and quality of life for the citizens living in these cities. It is possible to note in the literature that the domains areas are not yet consolidated for structuring the dimensions of a smart city. In this article, the main idea is to describe the extension of a SysML profile to model dimensions of smart cities as native elements of system design. The profile extension, named SmartCitySysML, has been extended from SysML Internal Block Definition diagrams. The conception of this extension arose from the need to think about different dimensions to separate interests and to improve the focus on problem-solving. As a result, the SmartCitySysML profile facilitates the use of common elements of smart cities and provides a visual representation to evaluate the quality of diagrams from a practical point of view, as it provides using common terminology well-known by the stakeholders that are responsible for managing a variety of aspects of a smart city.
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Souza, L.S., Soares, M.S. (2021). Design of Smart Cities Dimensions Using the SmartCitySysML Profile. In: Gervasi, O., et al. Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2021. ICCSA 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12957. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87013-3_6
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