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New Books

	Enterprise Systems Engineering: Advances in the Theory and Practice Click here to order or for more information.
	Engineering Mega-Systems: The Challenge of Systems Engineering in the Information Age Explaining how the engineering of mega-systems is inherently different from that of large-scale monolithic systems, this book supplies the vocabulary and framework needed to explore the issues relevant to mega-systems. This framework then evolves into a diagnostic tool that helps readers to understand the nature and context of the system at hand and, on that basis, select the most appropriate processes, tools, and techniques. The text examines commercial and government applications of mega-systems and includes two case studies in engineering mega-systems that illustrate valuable lessons learned and highlight emerging practices. Click here to order or for more information.
	Architecture and Principles of Systems Engineering The emergence of Model Driven Architecture (MDATM) and recent initiatives for model-based systems engineering (MBSE) will play heavily in how the practice of architecture and systems engineering evolves over the next several years. Rooted in the long-standing practices of engineering, science, and mathematics, this book gives readers the foundation and elementary methods to step into the domain of model-based architecture and systems engineering practices. It explores the fundamentals of systems architecture, describes how it fits into systems engineering, explains the role of a systems architect, and provides succinct recommendations on how systems architecture should be practiced. Click here to order or for more information.
	Model-oriented Systems Engineering Science: A Unifying Framework for Traditional and Complex Systems The field of systems engineering (SE) is at a juncture in its history where it needs to strengthen and extend its methods to support its expanding scope. This book addresses the issue, lays out a recommended direction for the future, and provides a unified basis for moving toward a mature discipline with the expanded scope. The author’s approach is to build on the strengths of traditional SE, remedy the weaknesses, add elements that address the expanded scope, and unify all elements on a common foundation. The book addresses the systems that will be most prevalent from this point on, namely, systems characterized as a combination of traditional and complex, mechanistic and organic, natural and artificial. Click here to order or for more information.
	Designing Complex Systems: Foundations of Design in the Functional Domain Emphasizing a top-down approach, this new book by Erik Aslaksen considers the purpose and basic features of design and how the concept of value can provide a quantitative measure of that wider interaction of the engineered object with its environment. This work also develops the domain in which functional design takes place and explores how the system concept can be embedded in that domain. It proposes a number of functional design elements and develops them in considerable detail, outlining how they can be applied as part of a coherent design framework. It also provides numerous examples and analogies for greater understanding of the discussed concepts. Click here to order or for more information. Click here to read the Preface.

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