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Systems, experts, and computers : the systems approach in management and engineering, World War II and after /

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This study charts the origins and spread of the systems movement. It describes the major players - including RAND, MITRE, Ramo-Wooldrige (later TRW), and the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis - and examines applications in a wide variety of military, government, civil, and engineer...

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Other Authors: Hughes, Agatha C., Hughes, Thomas Parke
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2000.
©2000
Series:Dibner Institute studies in the history of science and technology
Subjects:
Systems engineering.
Expert systems (Computer science)
Management information systems.
PHILOSOPHY/Philosophy of Science & Technology
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This study charts the origins and spread of the systems movement. It describes the major players - including RAND, MITRE, Ramo-Wooldrige (later TRW), and the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis - and examines applications in a wide variety of military, government, civil, and engineering settings. The book is international in scope, describing the spread of systems thinking in France and Sweden. The story it tells helps to explain engineering thought and managerial practice during the last sixty years.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 513 pages) : illustrations.
ISBN:9780262275873
0262275872
0585436770
9780585436777
0262082853
9780262082853
0262516047
9780262516044
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/9780262082853.001.0001