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Myths and Facts About Smart City Development

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Starting from the accepted definition that a Smart City is an „umbrella concept” that should be co-designed with a holistic view, this paper aims to summarize several myths about the smartness of the city and it identifies some relevant facts referring to the implementation of the Smart City. Also in this article is presented a complex solution using tools that could help cities in their journey of change into viable smart ones.

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  1. Romanian Academy, School of Advanced Studies of the Romanian Academy (SCOSAAR), Bucharest, Romania

    Maria Vişan

  2. Romanian Academy, Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence “Mihai Drăgănescu”, Bucharest, Romania

    Angela Ioniţă

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    Jeng-Shyang Pan

  2. Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Arad, Romania

    Valentina Emilia Balas

  3. College of Computer Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong, China

    Chien-Ming Chen

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Vişan, M., Ioniţă, A. (2022). Myths and Facts About Smart City Development. In: Pan, JS., Balas, V.E., Chen, CM. (eds) Advances in Intelligent Data Analysis and Applications. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 253. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5036-9_26

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