De Weck, Olivier L.   1968- <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>From inventions to systems --<br/>What is an engineering system? --<br/>(Re)thinking about systems --<br/>Life-cycle properties of engineering systems: the ilities --<br/>Modeling and analyzing engineering systems --<br/>Partially designed, partially evolved --<br/>Engineering systems research and education --<br/>What the future holds --<br/>Appendix: Engineering systems terms and definitions. 
<br/><br/> An overview of engineering systems that describes the new challenges posed for twenty-first-century engineers by today's highly complex sociotechnical systems. 
<br/><br/> 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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780262016704 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0262016702 (hardcover : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Engineering systems.<br/>Systems engineering.<br/>Engineering design--Psychological aspects.<br/>Ingeniería de sistemas <br/>Diseño en ingeniería 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TA 168  / D516e 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>620