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9.1.1 Validation: Losing its Differentiation from Verification?
Author(s) -
Armstrong James R.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2011.tb01266.x
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , term (time) , computer science , key (lock) , emphasis (telecommunications) , outcome (game theory) , simple (philosophy) , unintended consequences , data science , management science , risk analysis (engineering) , systems engineering , engineering , artificial intelligence , computer security , epistemology , telecommunications , mathematics , business , mathematical economics , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics
There has been a recent and large shift in the use and emphasis of the term validation in the practice of systems engineering. At the same time, the term has developed a wide variety of definitions and interpretations. As unintended consequence, it has lost some of the emphasis on the real world that it was intended to provide. Since a simple definition that covers all interpretations is not a likely outcome, systems engineers need to understand the breadth of the current usage and the actions to take to avoid missing key components.