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Decision making in systems engineering and management edited by Gregory S. Parnell, Patrick J. Driscoll and Dale L. Henderson.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Publication details: Hoboken Wiley 2011Edition: SecondDescription: 497 pages 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780470900420
  • 0470900423
Subject(s):
Contents:
""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Foreword to the Second Edition""; ""Foreword to the First Edition""; ""Preface to the Second Edition""; ""What is the Purpose of the Book?""; ""What is this Book?""; ""Who is this Book for?""; ""Why Did We Write this Book?""; ""How did we write the book?""; ""How is this book organized?""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Thoughts for Instructors""; ""Course Design Using the Book""; ""An Example Undergraduate Course Design""; ""Example Graduate Program Support""; ""Decision Analysis Software""; ""Student Evaluation""; ""Final Thought""; ""Contributors"" ""Acronyms""""Chapter 1: Introduction""; ""1.1 Purpose""; ""1.2 System""; ""1.3 Stakeholders""; ""1.4 System Life Cycle""; ""1.5 Systems Thinking""; ""1.6 Systems Engineering thought Process""; ""1.7 Systems Engineering""; ""1.8 Engineering Management""; ""1.9 Systems Decision Process""; ""1.10 Overview""; ""1.11 Exercises""; ""References""; ""Part I: Systems Thinking""; ""Chapter 2: Systems Thinking""; ""2.1 Introduction""; ""2.2 Structure""; ""2.3 Classification""; ""2.4 Boundaries""; ""2.5 Visibility""; ""2.6 IDEF0 models""; ""2.7 Mathematical Structure""; ""2.8 Spatial Arrangement"" ""2.9 Evolution""""2.10 Summary""; ""2.11 Exercises""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3: System Life Cycle""; ""3.1 Introduction""; ""3.2 System life cycle model""; ""3.3 Other major system life cycle models""; ""3.4 Risk management in the system life cycle""; ""3.5 Summary""; ""3.6 Exercises""; ""References""; ""Chapter 4: Systems Modeling and Analysis""; ""4.1 Introduction""; ""4.2 Developing system measures""; ""4.3 Modeling the System Design""; ""4.4 The modeling process: How we build models""; ""4.5 The Model Toolbox: Types of models, their characteristics, and their uses"" ""4.6 Simulation Modeling""""4.7 Determining required sample size""; ""4.8 Summary""; ""4.9 Exercises""; ""References""; ""Chapter 5: Life Cycle Costing""; ""5.1 Introduction to life cycle costing""; ""5.2 Introduction to Cost Estimating Techniques""; ""5.3 Cost Estimation Techniques""; ""5.4 System Cost for Systems Decision Making""; ""5.5 Risk and Uncertainty in Cost Estimation""; ""5.6 Summary""; ""5.7 Exercises""; ""References""; ""Part II: Systems Engineering""; ""Chapter 6: Introduction to Systems Engineering""; ""6.1 Introduction""; ""6.2 Definition of System and Systems Thinking"" ""6.3 Brief History of Systems Engineering""""6.4 Systems Trends That Challenge Systems Engineers""; ""6.5 Three Fundamental Tasks of Systems Engineers""; ""6.6 Relationship of Systems Engineers to Other Engineering Disciplines""; ""6.7 Education, Training, and Knowledge of Systems Engineers""; ""6.8 Exercises""; ""Acknowledgment""; ""References""; ""Chapter 7: Systems Engineering in Professional Practice""; ""7.1 The Systems Engineer in the Engineering Organization""; ""7.2 Systems Engineering Activities""; ""7.3 Working with the systems development team""
Summary: "Decision Making in Systems Engineering and Management is a comprehensive textbook that provides a logical process and analytical techniques for fact-based decision making for the most challenging systems problems. Grounded in systems thinking and based on sound systems engineering principles, the systems decisions process (SDP) leverages multiple objective decision analysis, multiple attribute value theory, and value-focused thinking to define the problem, measure stakeholder value, design creative solutions, explore the decision trade off space in the presence of uncertainty, and structure successful solution implementation. In addition to classical systems engineering problems, this approach has been successfully applied to a wide range of challenges including personnel recruiting, retention, and management; strategic policy analysis; facilities design and management; resource allocation; information assurance; security systems design; and other settings whose structure can be conceptualized as a system"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index

""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Foreword to the Second Edition""; ""Foreword to the First Edition""; ""Preface to the Second Edition""; ""What is the Purpose of the Book?""; ""What is this Book?""; ""Who is this Book for?""; ""Why Did We Write this Book?""; ""How did we write the book?""; ""How is this book organized?""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Thoughts for Instructors""; ""Course Design Using the Book""; ""An Example Undergraduate Course Design""; ""Example Graduate Program Support""; ""Decision Analysis Software""; ""Student Evaluation""; ""Final Thought""; ""Contributors"" ""Acronyms""""Chapter 1: Introduction""; ""1.1 Purpose""; ""1.2 System""; ""1.3 Stakeholders""; ""1.4 System Life Cycle""; ""1.5 Systems Thinking""; ""1.6 Systems Engineering thought Process""; ""1.7 Systems Engineering""; ""1.8 Engineering Management""; ""1.9 Systems Decision Process""; ""1.10 Overview""; ""1.11 Exercises""; ""References""; ""Part I: Systems Thinking""; ""Chapter 2: Systems Thinking""; ""2.1 Introduction""; ""2.2 Structure""; ""2.3 Classification""; ""2.4 Boundaries""; ""2.5 Visibility""; ""2.6 IDEF0 models""; ""2.7 Mathematical Structure""; ""2.8 Spatial Arrangement"" ""2.9 Evolution""""2.10 Summary""; ""2.11 Exercises""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3: System Life Cycle""; ""3.1 Introduction""; ""3.2 System life cycle model""; ""3.3 Other major system life cycle models""; ""3.4 Risk management in the system life cycle""; ""3.5 Summary""; ""3.6 Exercises""; ""References""; ""Chapter 4: Systems Modeling and Analysis""; ""4.1 Introduction""; ""4.2 Developing system measures""; ""4.3 Modeling the System Design""; ""4.4 The modeling process: How we build models""; ""4.5 The Model Toolbox: Types of models, their characteristics, and their uses"" ""4.6 Simulation Modeling""""4.7 Determining required sample size""; ""4.8 Summary""; ""4.9 Exercises""; ""References""; ""Chapter 5: Life Cycle Costing""; ""5.1 Introduction to life cycle costing""; ""5.2 Introduction to Cost Estimating Techniques""; ""5.3 Cost Estimation Techniques""; ""5.4 System Cost for Systems Decision Making""; ""5.5 Risk and Uncertainty in Cost Estimation""; ""5.6 Summary""; ""5.7 Exercises""; ""References""; ""Part II: Systems Engineering""; ""Chapter 6: Introduction to Systems Engineering""; ""6.1 Introduction""; ""6.2 Definition of System and Systems Thinking"" ""6.3 Brief History of Systems Engineering""""6.4 Systems Trends That Challenge Systems Engineers""; ""6.5 Three Fundamental Tasks of Systems Engineers""; ""6.6 Relationship of Systems Engineers to Other Engineering Disciplines""; ""6.7 Education, Training, and Knowledge of Systems Engineers""; ""6.8 Exercises""; ""Acknowledgment""; ""References""; ""Chapter 7: Systems Engineering in Professional Practice""; ""7.1 The Systems Engineer in the Engineering Organization""; ""7.2 Systems Engineering Activities""; ""7.3 Working with the systems development team""

"Decision Making in Systems Engineering and Management is a comprehensive textbook that provides a logical process and analytical techniques for fact-based decision making for the most challenging systems problems. Grounded in systems thinking and based on sound systems engineering principles, the systems decisions process (SDP) leverages multiple objective decision analysis, multiple attribute value theory, and value-focused thinking to define the problem, measure stakeholder value, design creative solutions, explore the decision trade off space in the presence of uncertainty, and structure successful solution implementation. In addition to classical systems engineering problems, this approach has been successfully applied to a wide range of challenges including personnel recruiting, retention, and management; strategic policy analysis; facilities design and management; resource allocation; information assurance; security systems design; and other settings whose structure can be conceptualized as a system"--Provided by publisher.

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