Decision Making in Systems Engineering and Management, 3rd Edition

The third edition of Decision Making in Systems Engineering and Management provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the systems decision process, systems thinking, and qualitative and quantitative multi-criteria value modeling. It offers readers major new updates that cover recently developed system modeling and analysis techniques and quantitative and qualitative approaches, including effective techniques for addressing uncertainty. The book is organized and presented to better support educators engaged in remote learning and includes appendices with extensions for a new realization analysis technique and getting started steps for each of the major software applications. Updated illustrative examples support modern system decision-making skills and highlight applications in hardware, organizations, policy, logistic supply chains, and architecture.

Format: Hardback
Length: 576 pages
Publication date: 27 October 2022
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

A comprehensive and up-to-date exploration of systems engineering management and decision-making is presented in the third edition of Decision Making in Systems Engineering and Management. The authors offer a thorough and authoritative overview of the systems decision process, systems thinking, and qualitative and quantitative multi-criteria value modeling, which directly support decision-making throughout the system lifecycle. This book provides readers with significant new updates that cover recently developed system modeling and analysis techniques, as well as quantitative and qualitative approaches in the field, including effective techniques for addressing uncertainty.

To illustrate key topics, six new open-source software applications have been added, including SIPmath Modeler Tools, Cambridge Advanced Modeller, SystemiTool2.0, and Gephi 0.9.2. The authors have restructured the book's organization and presentation to better support educators engaged in remote learning. New appendices have been added to present extensions for a new realization analysis technique and getting started steps for each of the major software applications. Updated illustrative examples support modern system decision-making skills and highlight applications in hardware, organizations, policy, logistic supply chains, and architecture.

Thorough introductions to working with systems, the systems engineering perspective, and systems thinking are provided. In-depth presentations of applied systems thinking, including holism, element dependencies, expansive and contractive thinking, and concepts of structure, classification, and boundaries, are explored. Comprehensive explorations of system representations lead to analysis, and in-depth discussions are conducted.

This book is an essential resource for systems engineers, managers, and decision-makers seeking to enhance their understanding of the systems decision process and improve their ability to make informed decisions throughout the system lifecycle.

Weight: 1125g
Dimension: 254 x 178 x 32 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781119901402