Systems Engineering Principles and Practice is a national standard textbook for the study of traditional systems engineering for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. It addresses the need for an introductory overview, first-text for the development and acquisition of complex technical systems. The material is well organized, readable and fundamental to learning how to think like a systems engineer and carry out best practices in the field. Since systems engineering is still developing as a discipline, there have been new concepts and practices that have entered the field since the text was published in 2003. As an increasing number of students have used the text, topics have been discovered that would benefit from expansion, integration and clarification.
The proposed second edition will be developed by colleagues of the original authors to upgrade this unique interdisciplinary guide to systems engineering to maintain relevance and currency in this rapidly changing and demanding field.
Content:
Chapter 1 Systems Engineering and the World of Modern Systems (pages 3–26):
Chapter 2 Systems Engineering Landscape (pages 27–40):
Chapter 3 Structure of Complex Systems (pages 41–67):
Chapter 4 The System Development Process (pages 69–109):
Chapter 5 Systems Engineering Management (pages 111–135):
Chapter 6 Needs Analysis (pages 139–164):
Chapter 7 Concept Exploration (pages 165–195):
Chapter 8 Concept Definition (pages 197–253):
Chapter 9 Decision Analysis and Support (pages 255–313):
Chapter 10 Advanced Development (pages 317–354):
Chapter 11 Software Systems Engineering (pages 355–407):
Chapter 12 Engineering Design (pages 409–442):
Chapter 13 Integration and Evaluation (pages 443–479):
Chapter 14 Production (pages 483–503):
Chapter 15 Operations and Support (pages 505–524)