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A smart Infrastructure project is a large system of systems.
This paper looks at how asset owners and operators planning smart infrastructure projects can benefit from a systems engineering approach to project design.
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See also the publication by D.B. Kraatz, Irrigation Canal Lining, (published by FAO in 1973).