SYSTEMS FOR ALL - Softcover

Kaposi, Agnes; Myers, Dr Margaret

Softcover

ISBN 10: 186094275X ISBN 13: 9781860942754

Publisher: Imperial College Press, 2001

Synopsis

The need for a new approach to systems is now widely recognized in business and industry, and numerous "Systems" courses have been introduced in universities. This book offers a new systems paradigm, presents a systems outlook, defines key concepts, and outlines the principles of characterizing complex systems in a qualitative way and by the systematic use of models and measures.The book presents the Product/process (P/p) methodology: a coherent collection of generic but readily understandable concepts, rigorous but applicable methods, and principles of reasoning. This methodology assists in understanding any system, and helps in the formulation and effective solution of complex problems, regardless of the field in which they arise, and irrespective of the specialist disciplines needed for supplying the solution.Systems for All is aimed at three kinds of readers: practising professionals (managers, administrators, engineers and scientists) whose job is to develop, operate and manage complex systems; students (both undergraduate and postgraduate) whose courses demand an integrated study of several disciplines; members of the public who would wish to know what makes sophisticated systems tick, and why some important systems fail.A separate booklet, containing guidelines for developing solutions to some selected exercises, is available to instructors who wish to adopt the book for a lecture course.

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Review:

"I recommend this book to teachers and researchers as it provides a basis of an intellectual framework for systems engineering ... I believe that this work will be a major contribution to the development of a systematic framework for systems engineering as the discipline becomes more mature." John McDermid Department of Computer Science University of York

About this edition

• Publisher: Imperial College Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 186094275X
• ISBN 13: 9781860942754
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 388