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MANAGING COMPLEXITY: AN APPLICATION OF CONSTRAINT THEORY
Author(s) -
Friedman George J.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.1994.tb01705.x
Subject(s) - constraint (computer aided design) , theory of constraints , computer science , management science , contrast (vision) , industrial engineering , operations research , mathematics , engineering , artificial intelligence , operations management , mechanical engineering
A fundamental intellectual thrust of Systems Engineering thinking is its extensive nature: the ability to integrate across many dimensions and disciplines, and to formulate problems. By contrast, most of our engineering and scientific education has concentrated on intensive thought processes: the concentration on relatively low dimensional submodels and the solution of problems. This paper provides a framework to guide systems engineers in multidimensional thought processes and problem formulation. It is based on the constraint theory developed by Dr. George J. Friedman.