The Engineering Design Of Systems: Models And Methods, Third Edition

The book is a basic text for courses in the engineering design of systems at both the upper undergraduate and beginning graduate levels. The book emphasizes the need todefine the design problem and to approach it systematically with specific techniques. The design problem is defined in terms ofrequirements, from a high-level set of mission and stakeholders' requirements to detailed sets of derived requirements. The design process will fail if requirements are defined too narrowly; requirements must be complete, consistent, correct, and attainable. The keys to understanding many of the modeling techniques for developing and deriving requirements may be found in discrete mathematics - set theory, relations and functions, and graph theory - which are covered in Chapters 4 and 5. Successful integration of requirements is modeled using an example system, the Automated Soda Machine, which is implemented throughout chapters 6 (Requirements and Defining the Design Problem) to 11 (Integration and Qualification). Graphical modeling techniques, new chapters on System Science and Analysis, Value of Systems Engineering, two appendices, and a glossary complete the text.

Dennis M. Buede, PhD, has thirty-nine years' experience in both the theoretical development and engineering application of systems engineering and decision-support technologies. Dr. Buede has applied systems engineering methods throughout the federal government. He has been a Professor at George Mason University and Stevens Institute of Technology, and is currently President of Innovative Decisions, Inc. He is a Fellow of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE).

William D. Miller is an Executive Principal Analyst at Innovative Decisions, Inc. and Adjunct Professor at the Stevens Institute of Technology. Mr. Miller has forty-two years' experience as an engineer, manager, consultant, and educator in the conceptualization and engineering application of communications technologies, products and services in commercial and government sectors. He is a 48-year member of the IEEE, the former Technical Director of INCOSE and the current Editor-in-Chief of INSIGHT.