Designing complex systems : foundations of design in the functional domain /

Without standardized construction elements such as nuts, bolts, bearings, beams, resistors and the like, the design of physical equipment is hopelessly inefficient, and engineers are continually bogged down with re-designing these elements over and over again. The same can be said for the domain of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Aslaksen, E. (Eric) (Author)
Corporate Author:	Taylor & Francis
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, 2009.
Edition:	1st edition.
Series:	Complex and enterprise systems engineering.
Subjects:	Systems engineering. System analysis. Systems Analysis Ingénierie des systèmes. Analyse de systèmes. systems engineering. systems analysis. System analysis Systems engineering Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Front cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. The Purpose of Design; Chapter 3. The Design Methodology; Chapter 4. Functional Elements and the Functional Domain; Chapter 5. Interactions and Systems; Chapter 6. Properties of Systems; Chapter 7. Expanding the Irreducible Element; Chapter 8. Maintained Systems; Chapter 9. The System Designer's Assistant; Index; Back cover