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Technology/Engineering/General A top-down, step-by-step, life-cycle approach to systems engineering In today's environment, there is an ever-increasing need to develop and produce systems that are robust, reliable, high quality, supportable, cost-effective, and responsive to the needs of the customer or user.
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Foreword. Preface. 1. Introduction to System Engineering. 1.1 Definition of a System. 1.1.1 The Characteristics of a System. 1.1.2 Categories of Systems. 1.1.3 System of Systems (SOS). 1.2 The Current Environment: Some Challenges. 1.3 The Need for System Engineering. 1.3.1 The System Life Cycle. 1.3.2 Definition of System Engineering. 1.3.3 Requirements for System Engineering. 1.3.4 System Architecture. 1.3.5 System Science. 1.3.6 System Analysis. 1.3.7 Some Additional System Models. 1.3.8 System Engineering in the Life Cycle (Some Applications). 1.4 Related Terms and Definitions. 1.4.1 Concurrent/Simultaneous Engineering. 1.4.2 Some Major Supporting Design Disciplines. 1.4.3 Logistics and Supply Chain Management (SCM). 1.4.4 Integrated System Maintenance and Support. 1.4.5 Data and Information Management. 1.4.6 Configuration Management (CM). 1.4.7 Total Quality Management (TQM). 1.4.8 Total System Value and Life Cycle Cost (LCC). 1.5 System Engineering Management. 1.6 Summary. 2. The System Engineering Process. 2.1 Definition of the Problem (Current Deficiency). 2.2 System Requirements (Needs Analysis). 2.3 System Feasibility Analysis. 2.4 System Operational Requirements. 2.5 The Logistics and Maintenance Support Concept. 2.6 Identification and Prioritization of Technical Performance Measures (TPMs). 2.7 Functional Analysis. 2.7.1 Functional Flow Block Diagrams (FFBDs). 2.7.2 Operational Functions. 2.7.3 Maintenance and Support Functions. 2.7.4 Application of Functional Analysis. 2.7.5 Interfaces with Other Systems in an SOS Configuration. 2.8 Requirements Allocation. 2.8.1 Functional Packaging and Partitioning. 2.8.2 Allocation of System Level Requirements to the Subsystem Level and Below. 2.8.3 Traceability of Requirements (Top Down/Bottom Up). 2.8.4 Allocation of Requirements in a SOS Configuration. 2.9 System Synthesis, Analysis, and Design Optimization. 2.10 Design Integration. 2.11 System Test and Evaluation. 2.11.1 Categories of Test and Evaluation. 2.11.2 Integrated Test Planning. 2.11.3 Preparation for Test and Evaluation. 2.11.4 Test Performance, Data Collection, Analysis, and Validation. 2.11.5 System Modifications. 2.12 Production and/or Construction. 2.13 System Operational Use and Sustaining Support. 2.14 System Retirement and Material Recycling/Disposal. 2.15 Summary. 3. System Design Requirements. 3.1 Development of Design Requirements and Design To Criteria. 3.2 Development of Specifications. 3.3 The Integration of System Design Activities. 3.4 Selected Design Engineering Disciplines. 3.4.1 Software Engineering. 3.4.2 Reliability Engineering. 3.4.3 Maintainability Engineering. 3.4.4 Human Factors Engineering. 3.4.5 Safety Engineering. 3.4.6 Security Engineering. 3.4.7 Manufacturing and Production Engineering. 3.4.8 Logistics and Supportability Engineering. 3.4.9 Disposability Engineering. 3.4.10 Quality Engineering. 3.4.11 Environmental Engineering. 3.4.12 Value/Cost Engineering (Life Cycle Costing). 3.5 SOS Integration and Interoperability Requirements. 3.6 Summary. 4. Engineering Design Methods and Tools. 4.1 Conventional Design Practices. 4.2 Analytical Methods. 4.3 Information Technology, the Internet, and Emerging Technologies. 4.4 Current Design Technologies and Tools. 4.4.1 The Use of Simulation in System Engineering. 4.4.2 The Use of Rapid Prototyping. 4.4.3 The Use of Mock ups. 4.5 Computer Aided Design (CAD). 4.6 Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM). 4.7 Computer Aided Support (CAS). 4.8 Summary. 5. Design Review and Evaluation. 5.1 Design Review and Evaluation Requirements. 5.2 Informal Day to Day Review and Evaluation. 5.3 Formal Design Reviews. 5.3.1 Conceptual Design Review. 5.3.2 System Design Reviews. 5.3.3 Equipment/Software Design Reviews. 5.3.4 Critical Design Review. 5.4 The Design Change and System Modification Process. 5.5 Summary. 6. System Engineering Program Planning. 6.0 Systems Engineering Program Requirements. 6.1.1 The Need for Early System Planning. 6.1.2 Determination of Program
