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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.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: Spanish Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2012.Description: xvi, 213 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780262016704 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0262016702 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 620 23
LOC classification:
  • TA 168 D516e 2012
Contents:
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.
Awards:
  • 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
Summary: An overview of engineering systems that describes the new challenges posed for twenty-first-century engineers by today's highly complex sociotechnical systems.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) TA 168 D516e 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000139678

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

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