Book description
The trusted handbook-now in a new edition
This newly revised handbook presents a multifaceted view of systems
engineering from process and systems management perspectives. It
begins with a comprehensive introduction to the subject and provides a
brief overview of the thirty-four chapters that follow. This
introductory chapter is intended to serve as a "field guide"
that indicates why, when, and how to use the material that follows in
the handbook.
Topical coverage includes: systems engineering life cycles and
management; risk management; discovering system requirements;
configuration management; cost management; total quality management;
reliability, maintainability, and availability; concurrent
engineering; standards in systems engineering; system architectures;
systems design; systems integration; systematic measurements; human
supervisory control; managing organizational and individual
decision-making; systems reengineering; project planning; human
systems integration; information technology and knowledge management;
and more.
The handbook is written and edited for systems engineers in industry
and government, and to serve as a university reference handbook in
systems engineering and management courses. By focusing on systems
engineering processes and systems management, the editors have
produced a long-lasting handbook that will make a difference in the
design of systems of all types that are large in scale and/or scope.
Andrew P. Sage, PhD, became the First American
Bank Professor of Information Technology and Engineering at George
Mason University and the first Dean of the School of Information
Technology and Engineering. Dr. Sage is a member of the National
Academy of Engineering, as well as a Fellow of the IEEE, the American
Association for the Advancement of Science, and INCOSE. He is the
Editor of the Wiley Series in Systems Engineering and
Management and of Wiley's Journal of Systems Engineering.
William B. Rouse, PhD, is a professor in the School of
Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Georgia Institute of
Technology and holds a joint appointment within the College of
Computing. He also serves as Executive Director of the Tennenbaum
Institute, a campus-wide research center focused on complex
organizational systems. Dr. Rouse is a member of the National Academy
of Engineering, as well as a Fellow of the IEEE, the International
Council on Systems Engineering, the Institute for Operations Research
and the Management Sciences, and the Human Factors and Ergonomics
Society.
