The Engineering Design of Systems: Models and Methods

This book is designed as an introductory reference/textbook for professionals and undergraduates and graduates in systems engineering. It is also useful in related courses in other engineering programs that emphasize design methods and models. The book adopts the philosophy that performing systems engineering activities involves modeling of many different types. To learn modeling, students must model. A number of generally understood systems are used to convey these modeling concepts and test the students' ability to create realistic models. · introduction to systems engineering · overview of the systems engineering design process · modeling and process modeling · discrete mathematics: sets, relations and functions · graphs and directed graphs (digraphs) · requirements and defining the design problem · functional architecture development · physical architecture development · operational architecture development · interface design · integration and qualification · graphical modeling techniques · decision analysis for design trades