Systems engineering an approach to information-based design
While being an experiment within itself to teach normative design theory, this comprehensive book treats engineering design as a decision-making process, which it is, from a quantitative point of view. This opens a host of well-developed methods to application, including a mathematically rigorous tr...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Upper Saddle River, NJ
Prentice Hall
1996.
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| Series: | Prentice Hall international series in industrial and systems engineering.
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| Summary: | While being an experiment within itself to teach normative design theory, this comprehensive book treats engineering design as a decision-making process, which it is, from a quantitative point of view. This opens a host of well-developed methods to application, including a mathematically rigorous treatment of risk and uncertainty in design. The book is designed to assist the reader by defining the boundaries of a discipline, providing order for the learning process, and assisting the reader in self testing. Provides a number of new methods and aids to engineering design: Cartoons for identifying system options; Scenario Diagrams for system simulation; an approach to the measurement of information relating to specific decisions; an overall and general approach to engineering design; a rigorous treatment of risk and uncertainty in engineering design, including measures of system value that are valid under risk and uncertainty; and an explanation of the principles of game theory as applied to engineering design. |
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| Physical Description: | xxiii, 469 p. ill. 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0134613449 |