Systems Engineering : A 21st Century Systems Methodology

This book conceives, presents and exemplifies a contemporary, general systems methodology that is straightforward and accessible, providing guidance in practical application, as well as explaining concept and theory. The book is presented both as a text for students, with topic assignments, and as a reference for practitioners, through case studies. Utilizing recent research and developments in systems science, methods and tools, Hitchins has developed a unified systems methodology, employable when tackling virtually any problem, from the small technological, to the global socioeconomic. Founded in the powerful â€systems approach', Hitchins' systems methodology brings together both soft and hard system scientific methods into one methodological framework. This can be applied when addressing complex problems, issues and situations, and for creating robust, provable solutions, resolutions and dissolutions to those problems supposing such to exist. This book details and explores: "the systems approach, using

reference for researchers seeking â€systems enlightenment', including graduate students who require a comprehensive reference text on the subject, and also government departments and systems engineering institutions [Publisher's Text]

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