The art of systems architecting /

The art of systems architecting / edited by Mark W. Maier and Eberhardt Rechtin - Second edition. - Boca Raton, Florida : CRC Press, c2000 - 313 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Extending the Architecting Paradigm -- Heuristics as Tools -- Builder-Architected Systems -- Manufacturing Systems -- Social Systems -- Software and Information Technology Systems -- Collaborative Systems -- Representation Models and System Architecting -- Design Progression in System Architecting -- Integrated Modeling Methodologies -- Architecture Frameworks -- The Political Process and Systems Architecting -- The Professionalization of Systems Architecting.

Introduces the non-qualitative architectural concepts of systems thinking, heuristics, tensions, feedback architectures, modeling, and progressive design. Containing case studies, this volume provides the concepts, tools, and techniques needed to conceive and build complex systems.

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SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

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