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Systems Engineering: A Problem of Perception
Author(s) -
Senglaub Michael
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.1996.tb02044.x
Subject(s) - system of systems engineering , heuristics , computer science , information engineering , process (computing) , ambiguity , set (abstract data type) , engineering design process , point (geometry) , systems engineering , information system , engineering management , management science , engineering , systems design , software engineering , mathematics , mechanical engineering , geometry , electrical engineering , programming language , operating system
The characterization of systems engineering as a discipline, process, procedure or a set of heuristics will have an impact on the implementation strategy, the training methodology, and operational environment The systems engineering upgrade activities in the New Mexico Weapons Development Center and a search of systems engineering related information provides evidence of a degree of ambiguity in this characterization of systems engineering. A case is made in this article for systems engineering being the engineering discipline applied to the science of complexity. Implications of this characterization and some generic issues are delineated with the goal of providing an enterprise with a starting point for developing its business environment.