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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... definition, given, for example, in the Shorter Oxford Dictionary. Members of a profession are often forced to adopt the ... defined for the everyday user in the Oxford Dictionary, but in electronics these words are reserved for special ...
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... defined at all then nothing is defined), • use unambiguous language, • be free of jargon: use terminology consistent with definitions of a general purpose or specialist professional dictionary (these are called 'lexical' definitions) ...
... defined at all then nothing is defined), • use unambiguous language, • be free of jargon: use terminology consistent with definitions of a general purpose or specialist professional dictionary (these are called 'lexical' definitions) ...
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... Relying on notions about the quality of definitions, we stipulate: We define: attribute a characteristic of the referent [3] Our working definition value the extent, amount or instance of a well defined. GENERAL CONCEPTS 29.
... Relying on notions about the quality of definitions, we stipulate: We define: attribute a characteristic of the referent [3] Our working definition value the extent, amount or instance of a well defined. GENERAL CONCEPTS 29.
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... defined attribute definition of an attribute that is meaningful, grounded and free of circularity Our working definition Reality is boundlessly complicated, and each referent manifests an infinity of characteristics. Some of these ...
... defined attribute definition of an attribute that is meaningful, grounded and free of circularity Our working definition Reality is boundlessly complicated, and each referent manifests an infinity of characteristics. Some of these ...
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... definition [4]: IIleaSure a value of a well defined attribute; if the value is quantitative, it is accompanied by the unit of measurement Our simplified definition Measurement is the means of establishing attribute values of entities ...
... definition [4]: IIleaSure a value of a well defined attribute; if the value is quantitative, it is accompanied by the unit of measurement Our simplified definition Measurement is the means of establishing attribute values of entities ...
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