Description
A comprehensive and interdisciplinary guide to systems engineering
Systems Engineering: Principles and Practice, 3rd Edition is the leading interdisciplinary reference for systems engineers. The up-to-date third edition provides readers with discussions of model-based systems engineering, requirements analysis, engineering design, and software design. Freshly updated governmental and commercial standards, architectures, and processes are covered in-depth. The book includes newly updated topics on:
Risk
Prototyping
Modeling and simulation
Software/computer systems engineering
Examples and exercises appear throughout the text, allowing the reader to gauge their level of retention and learning. Systems Engineering: Principles and Practice was and remains the standard textbook used worldwide for the study of traditional systems engineering. The material is organized in a manner that allows for quick absorption of industry best practices and methods.
Throughout the book, best practices and relevant alternatives are discussed and compared, encouraging the reader to think through various methods like a practicing systems engineer.
Table of Contents Part I Foundations of System Engineering
1 Systems Engineering and the World of Modern Systems
2 Structure of Complex Systems
3 The System Development Process
4 Systems Engineering Management
Part II Concept Development Stage
5 Needs Analysis
6 Requirements Analysis
7 Functional Analysis
8 Evaluation and Selection
9 Systems Architecting
10 Model‐Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
11 Decision Analysis and Support
12 Risk Management
Part III Engineering Development Phase
13 Advanced Development
14 Software Systems Engineering
15 Engineering Design
16 Systems Integration
17 Test and Evaluation
Part IV Post‐Development Stage 18 Production
19 Operation and Support
20 System of Systems Engineering
Part V Systems Domains
21 Enterprise Systems Engineering
22 Systems Security Engineering
23 The Future of Systems Engineering
ALEXANDER KOSSIAKOFF (deceased) was a former Director and Chief Scientist of Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, and Program Chair of the MS program in Systems Engineering and Technical Management at Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering.
SAMUEL J. SEYMOUR, PHD, (retired) former Systems Engineering Program Vice Chair, Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering. He served as Systems Engineering Vice Chair under Professor Kossiakoff for over 15 years and was the lead author of the Second Edition.
DAVID A. FLANIGAN, PHD, is the Systems Engineering Program Vice Chair at Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering.
STEVEN M. BIEMER is a Professor at Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering where he teaches Systems Engineering courses. Professor Biemer assisted Professor Kossiakoff in developing the first edition of this book.