The phrase "are needed to augment" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the necessity of additional resources, support, or elements to enhance or improve something.
Example: "Additional funds are needed to augment our research efforts and achieve better results."
Alternatives: "are required to enhance" or "are essential to improve".
And taxis are needed to augment mass transit in any city.
RQ1: What dimensions are needed to augment the usefulness of Smite et al.'s taxonomy?
The following research questions drove the work reported in this paper: RQ1: What dimensions are needed to augment the usefulness of Smite et al.'s taxonomy?
Metabolic networks have been studied for several decades, and sophisticated computational frameworks are needed to augment experimental approaches to harness these complex networks.
Controlled studies that examine parent and child mealtime behaviors in infants and toddlers with CF using objective, observational procedures are needed to augment parent report findings and identify targets for effective interventions.
Sorvino, a United Nations goodwill ambassador focused on human trafficking, said that more state laws are needed to augment current federal laws and to provide victims' services.
Harvard University biologist Edward O. Wilson argued that large-scale private investment was needed to augment government protection for lands of high value for biodiversity.
Simon Jones, of course, will be added to the fast-bowling list, and a further seamer, who must have a repeating action that does not require match overs to groove, will be needed to augment what is physically the most vulnerable section of the party.
Investment is needed to augment the transmission network to enable delivery of electricity from these sources to consumers.
The crack propagation behavior of the incipient cracks is related to the accumulation of internal stresses that is needed to augment the preexisting stresses.
Overall, evidence is strong that thin + burn treatments meet the goal of reducing fire severity, and more research is needed to augment the few studies that indicate treatments protect human lives and property.
