Systems For AllWorld Scientific Publishing Company, 29/06/2001 - 388 páginas The need for a new approach to systems is now widely recognized in business and industry, and numerous “Systems” courses have been introduced in universities. This book offers a new systems paradigm, presents a systems outlook, defines key concepts, and outlines the principles of characterizing complex systems in a qualitative way and by the systematic use of models and measures.The book presents the Product/process (P/p) methodology: a coherent collection of generic but readily understandable concepts, rigorous but applicable methods, and principles of reasoning. This methodology assists in understanding any system, and helps in the formulation and effective solution of complex problems, regardless of the field in which they arise, and irrespective of the specialist disciplines needed for supplying the solution.Systems for All is aimed at three kinds of readers: practising professionals (managers, administrators, engineers and scientists) whose job is to develop, operate and manage complex systems; students (both undergraduate and postgraduate) whose courses demand an integrated study of several disciplines; members of the public who would wish to know what makes sophisticated systems tick, and why some important systems fail.A separate booklet, containing guidelines for developing solutions to some selected exercises, is available to instructors who wish to adopt the book for a lecture course. |
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... defined field, and where the problem challenges accumulated wisdom, develops the specialist methodology, enhancing ... definition, the scope of each specialist field is strictly circumscribed, whereas practical problems are seldom well ...
... defined field, and where the problem challenges accumulated wisdom, develops the specialist methodology, enhancing ... definition, the scope of each specialist field is strictly circumscribed, whereas practical problems are seldom well ...
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... defines all key concepts of a systems approach [6]. Chapter 2 discusses the nature of problems and the processes of communication. Chapter 3 explains the notion of “definition', the importance and use of definitions from the viewpoint ...
... defines all key concepts of a systems approach [6]. Chapter 2 discusses the nature of problems and the processes of communication. Chapter 3 explains the notion of “definition', the importance and use of definitions from the viewpoint ...
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... definition project planned, coordinated, controlled activity with its own budget and other resources, whose object is ... defined in chapter 4) In the figure, activities are represented as processes, shown by boxes, and passive entities ...
... definition project planned, coordinated, controlled activity with its own budget and other resources, whose object is ... defined in chapter 4) In the figure, activities are represented as processes, shown by boxes, and passive entities ...
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... define them with care: a science is only as good as its definitions. To define our concepts, we use as our sources ... defined or considered. NOTE An entity may be, for example an activity or a process, — a product – an organization, a ...
... define them with care: a science is only as good as its definitions. To define our concepts, we use as our sources ... defined or considered. NOTE An entity may be, for example an activity or a process, — a product – an organization, a ...
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... defined deliberately for the problem to be understood and the problem solving project to have a chance of success ... define the boundary between those members of the population who are at risk and those who are not at risk. The boundary ...
... defined deliberately for the problem to be understood and the problem solving project to have a chance of success ... define the boundary between those members of the population who are at risk and those who are not at risk. The boundary ...
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