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5.1.2 Using the Systems Engineering Process to Explain Baseball's Rising Fastball
Author(s) -
Bahill Terry,
Baldwin David G.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2003.tb02605.x
Subject(s) - process (computing) , engineering design process , computer science , process systems , iterative and incremental development , systems design , systems engineering , engineering , software engineering , mechanical engineering , operating system , process engineering
The systems engineering process, called the SIMILAR Process, is used to help explain baseball's perceptual illusion of the rising fastball. This Systems Engineering process is comprised of the following seven tasks: State the problem, Investigate alternatives, Model the system, Integrate, Launch the system, Assess performance, and Re‐evaluate. This Systems Engineering Process is not sequential. The functions are performed in a parallel and iterative manner. In this paper this process is not used to design a new system, but rather it is used to understand an existing system.