SYSTEMS ENGINEERING TOOLS

The author was asspciated with GE's Advanced Technology Labs, and the editor of the publisher's series SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND ANALYSIS, of which this was the first volume. "This book has a twofold purpose: to provide the basis for understanding the nature of systems engineering problems and of the tools used in solving them; to help the disciples of systems engineering to explain the subject to others." The chapter headings are: Systems Engineering in Industry; Energy - Materials - Information; Modeling and Simulation; Computing; Control; Probability and Statistics; Signals and Noise; Optimizing; Tolerances, Variations, and Disturbances; and Engineering an Information-Handling System. Ten chapters, 646 pages, with numerous figures (including a fold-out), Bibliography, Problems, and Index; plus xiv pages Preface and Contents. DJ is grimy and chipped at upper backstrap and rear upper leading corner; boards are clean and sound; text is clean and strong.