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020 _a9783642321696
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024 7 _a10.1007/978-3-642-32169-6
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082 0 4 _a620.0042
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100 1 _aAslaksen, Erik W.
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe System Concept and Its Application to Engineering
_h[electronic resource] /
_cby Erik W. Aslaksen.
264 1 _aBerlin, Heidelberg :
_bSpringer Berlin Heidelberg :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2013.
300 _aXIV, 270 p.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
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505 0 _aIntroduction -- PART A    THE SYSTEM CONCEPT -- A1    Everyday Use and Meaning -- A2    The Philosophical Context -- A3    The System Concept Within the Philosophical Framework -- A4    Some Features of the System Concept -- A5    Applying the System Concept --  . PART B    ENGINEERING -- B1     A Short History -- B2     Characteristics of Engineering -- B3     Usefulness – The Purpose of Engineering -- B4     Design and Creativeness -- B5     Requirements Definition -- B6     Standardisation and the Bottom-Up Design Process -- B7     Managing the Process of Engineering --   PART C    APPLYING THE SYSTEM CONCEPT TO ENGINEERING -- C1     Sources of Complexity -- C2     The Systems Engineering Approach to Handling Complex Projects -- C3     Architecting and Functional Analysis -- C4     The Functional Domain -- C5     Systems in the Functional Domain -- C6     Value and Optimisation. A1    Everyday Use and Meaning -- A2    The Philosophical Context -- A3    The System Concept Within the Philosophical Framework -- A4    Some Features of the System Concept -- A5    Applying the System Concept --  . PART B    ENGINEERING -- B1     A Short History -- B2     Characteristics of Engineering -- B3     Usefulness – The Purpose of Engineering -- B4     Design and Creativeness -- B5     Requirements Definition -- B6     Standardisation and the Bottom-Up Design Process -- B7     Managing the Process of Engineering --   PART C    APPLYING THE SYSTEM CONCEPT TO ENGINEERING -- C1     Sources of Complexity -- C2     The Systems Engineering Approach to Handling Complex Projects -- C3     Architecting and Functional Analysis -- C4     The Functional Domain -- C5     Systems in the Functional Domain -- C6     Value and Optimisation. B1     A Short History -- B2     Characteristics of Engineering -- B3     Usefulness – The Purpose of Engineering -- B4     Design and Creativeness -- B5     Requirements Definition -- B6     Standardisation and the Bottom-Up Design Process -- B7     Managing the Process of Engineering --   PART C    APPLYING THE SYSTEM CONCEPT TO ENGINEERING -- C1     Sources of Complexity -- C2     The Systems Engineering Approach to Handling Complex Projects -- C3     Architecting and Functional Analysis -- C4     The Functional Domain -- C5     Systems in the Functional Domain -- C6     Value and Optimisation. C1     Sources of Complexity -- C2     The Systems Engineering Approach to Handling Complex Projects -- C3     Architecting and Functional Analysis -- C4     The Functional Domain -- C5     Systems in the Functional Domain -- C6     Value and Optimisation.
520 _aSystems engineering is a mandatory approach in some industries, and is gaining wider acceptance for complex projects in general. However, under the imperative of delivering these projects on time and within budget, the focus has been mainly on the management aspects, with less attention to improving the core engineering activity – design. This book addresses the application of the system concept to design in several ways: by developing a deeper understanding of the system concept, by defining design and its characteristics within the process of engineering, and by applying the system concept to the early stage of design, where it has the greatest impact.   A central theme of the book is that the purpose of engineering is to be useful in meeting the needs of society, and that therefore the ultimate measure of the benefit of applying the system concept should be the extent to which it advances the achievement of that purpose. Consequently, any consistent, top-down development of the functionality required of a solution to the problem of meeting a defined need must proceed from such a measure, and it is agued that a generalised form of Return on Investment is an appropriate measure. A theoretical framework for the development of functionality based on this measure and utilising the system concept is presented, together with some examples and practical guidelines.
650 0 _aEngineering.
650 0 _aManagement.
650 0 _aIndustrial management.
650 0 _aComplexity, Computational.
650 0 _aEngineering design.
650 0 _aEngineering economics.
650 0 _aEngineering economy.
650 1 4 _aEngineering.
650 2 4 _aEngineering Design.
650 2 4 _aComplexity.
650 2 4 _aEngineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.
650 2 4 _aInnovation/Technology Management.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9783642321689
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32169-6
912 _aZDB-2-ENG
942 _2Dewey Decimal Classification
_ceBooks
999 _c46137
_d46137