Engineering systems : meeting human needs in a complex technological world /
De Weck, Olivier L. 1968-
Engineering systems : meeting human needs in a complex technological world / Olivier L. de Weck, Daniel Roos, and Christopher L. Magee ; foreword by Charles M. Vest. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2012. - xvi, 213 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
From inventions to systems --
What is an engineering system? --
(Re)thinking about systems --
Life-cycle properties of engineering systems: the ilities --
Modeling and analyzing engineering systems --
Partially designed, partially evolved --
Engineering systems research and education --
What the future holds --
Appendix: Engineering systems terms and definitions.
An overview of engineering systems that describes the new challenges posed for twenty-first-century engineers by today's highly complex sociotechnical systems.
Winner of Honorable Mention, 2011 American Publishers Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE Award) in Engineering & Technology, presented by the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers 2011
9780262016704 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0262016702 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Engineering systems.
Systems engineering.
Engineering design--Psychological aspects.
Ingeniería de sistemas
Diseño en ingeniería
TA 168 / D516e 2012
620
Engineering systems : meeting human needs in a complex technological world / Olivier L. de Weck, Daniel Roos, and Christopher L. Magee ; foreword by Charles M. Vest. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2012. - xvi, 213 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
From inventions to systems --
What is an engineering system? --
(Re)thinking about systems --
Life-cycle properties of engineering systems: the ilities --
Modeling and analyzing engineering systems --
Partially designed, partially evolved --
Engineering systems research and education --
What the future holds --
Appendix: Engineering systems terms and definitions.
An overview of engineering systems that describes the new challenges posed for twenty-first-century engineers by today's highly complex sociotechnical systems.
Winner of Honorable Mention, 2011 American Publishers Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE Award) in Engineering & Technology, presented by the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers 2011
9780262016704 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0262016702 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Engineering systems.
Systems engineering.
Engineering design--Psychological aspects.
Ingeniería de sistemas
Diseño en ingeniería
TA 168 / D516e 2012
620