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Title Case studies in system of systems, enterprise systems, and complex systems engineering / edited by Alex Gorod, Brian E. White, Vernon Ireland, S. Jimmy Gandhi, Brian Sauser
Published Boca Raton : CRC Press, ©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 779 pages) : illustrations
Series Complex and enterprise systems engineering
Complex and enterprise systems engineering.
Contents Cover; Series; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Editors; Contributors; Section I: Preliminaries; Chapter 1: Modern History of System of Systems, Enterprises, and Complex Systems; Chapter 2: Relevant Aspects of Complex Systems from Complexity Theory; Chapter 3: Application of Case Studies to Engineering Leadership/Management and Systems Engineering Education; Section II: Commerce; Chapter 4: MediaCityUK: Corporate Framework for Complex Construction; Chapter 5: IBS Group, Eastern European IT Services: Capability-Based Development for Business Transformation
Chapter 6: Global Distribution Centers: Multilevel Supply Chain Modeling to Govern ComplexityChapter 7: Humanitarian Relief Logistics: Multicriteria Decision Analysis and Simulation for Supply Chain Risk Management; Section III: Culture; Chapter 8: Construction of an Afghanistan School: Enterprise System Engineering for International Development Assistance in a Foreign Culture; Section IV: Environment; Chapter 9: Utility-Scale Wind Plant System: Value Analysis of Interactions, Dependencies, and Synergies; Section V: Finance
Chapter 10: United States Banking System: Systemic Risk and Reliability AssessmentSection VI: Health Care; Chapter 11: Whole-of-Nation Health Capabilities: A System of Systems Methodology for Assessing Serious and Unusual Emergencies; Chapter 12: Hospitals and Health-Care Systems: Methods for Reducing Errors in Medical Systems; Section VII: Homeland Security; Chapter 13: Disaster Response System of System Case Study Outline; Chapter 14: Improvised Explosive Devices in Asymmetric Conflicts: Multisource Data Fusion for Providing Situational Information
Chapter 15: Dutch Emergency Response Organization: Safety Region-Quantitative Approach to Operational ResilienceSection VIII: Military; Chapter 16: Complex Adaptive Operating System: Creating Methods for Complex Project Management; Chapter 17: Australian National Security and the Australian Department of Defence: Framework to Enhance Strategic Planning and Capability Development in Defense Acquisition Organizations; Chapter 18: United States Military Partner Capacity: System Dynamics to Quantify Strategic Investments
Chapter 19: US Air Force Network Infrastructure System-of-Systems EngineeringChapter 20: US Navy Submarine Sonar Systems: Layered Lateral Enterprise-Technical System Architectures for Defense Acquisition; Chapter 21: United States Air Power Command and Control: Enterprise Architecture for Flexibility and Decentralized Control; Section IX: Transportation; Chapter 22: NextGen: Enterprise Transformation of the United States Air Transport Network; Chapter 23: Airbus A380 and Boeing 787: Contrast of Competing Architectures for Air Transportation
Summary Suitable as a reference for industry practitioners and as a textbook for classroom use, Case Studies in System of Systems, Enterprise Systems, and Complex Systems Engineering provides a clear understanding of the principles and practice of system of systems engineering (SoSE), enterprise systems engineering (ESE), and complex systems engineering (CSE). Multiple domain practitioners present and analyze case studies from a range of applications that demonstrate underlying principles and best practices of transdisciplinary systems engineering
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Chapter 24: US Air Traffic System: Autonomous Agent-Based Flight for Removing Central Control
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Subject Systems engineering -- Case studies
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Engineering (General)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Reference.
Systems engineering
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
Author Gorod, Alex, editor.
White, Brian E., editor.
Ireland, Vernon, editor
Gandhi, S. Jimmy, editor
Sauser, Brian, editor.
ISBN 9781466502406
1466502401
9781322626260
132262626X
1466502398
9781466502390