In their preface the editors discuss the need for new approaches to complex systems that integrate technological and human aspects. Toward that goal they have assembled 22 case studies in the realms of commerce, culture, the environment, finance, health care, homeland security, the military, and transportation. A small sampling of more specific topics: humanitarian relief logistics, global distribution centers, construction of an Afghanistan school (international development assistance in a foreign culture), the United States banking system, disaster response, and cost management of a mega construction project (Heathrow Terminal 5). Initial chapters offer a modern history of the subject, relevant aspects of complex systems from complexity theory, and the application of case studies to engineering leadership and management education. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
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. A number of the case studies focus on addressing real human needs. Diverse approaches such as use of soft systems skills are illustrated, and other helpful techniques are also provided. The case studies describe, examine, analyze, and assess applications across a range of domains, including:
- Engineering management and systems engineering education
- Information technology business transformation and infrastructure engineering
- Cooperative framework for and cost management in the construction industry
- Supply chain modeling and decision analysis in distribution centers and logistics
- International development assistance in a foreign culture of education
- Value analysis in generating electrical energy through wind power
- Systemic risk and reliability assessment in banking
- Assessing emergencies and reducing errors in hospitals and health care systems
- Information fusion and operational resilience in disaster response systems
- Strategy and investment for capability developments in defense acquisition
- Layered, flexible, and decentralized enterprise architectures in military systems
- Enterprise transformation of the air traffic management and transport network
Supplying you with a better understanding of SoSE, ESE, and CSE concepts and principles, the book highlights best practices and lessons learned as benchmarks that are applicable to other cases. If adopted correctly, the approaches outlined can facilitate significant progress in human affairs.
The study of complex systems is still in its infancy, and it is likely to evolve for decades to come. While this book does not provide all the answers, it does establish a platform, through which analysis and knowledge application can take place and conclusions can be made in order to educate the next generation of systems engineers.
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Since ancient times, when society has needed to communicate complex yet critical concepts, people have turned to the art of storytelling, and this book follows in that tradition. Storytelling through case studies has the potential to explicate the complex systems development process in ways that traditional analyses cannot. I hope you find in these engaging stories insights that will inform and inspire you as, together, we work to ensure our systems engineering community can continue to serve generations to come.Jeff Wilcox, Vice President of Engineering, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, Maryland
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Chapter 1 Modern History of System of Systems, Enterprises, and Complex Systems |
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Chapter 2 Relevant Aspects of Complex Systems from Complexity Theory |
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Chapter 3 Application of Case Studies to Engineering Leadership/Management and Systems Engineering Education |
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Chapter 4 MediaCityUK: Corporate Framework for Complex Construction |
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Chapter 5 IBS Group, Eastern European IT Services: Capability-Based Development for Business Transformation |
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Chapter 6 Global Distribution Centers: Multilevel Supply Chain Modeling to Govern Complexity |
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Chapter 7 Humanitarian Relief Logistics: Multicriteria Decision Analysis and Simulation for Supply Chain Risk Management |
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Chapter 8 Construction of an Afghanistan School: Enterprise System Engineering for International Development Assistance in a Foreign Culture |
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Chapter 9 Utility-Scale Wind Plant System: Value Analysis of Interactions, Dependencies, and-Synergies |
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Chapter 10 United States Banking System: Systemic Risk and Reliability Assessment |
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Chapter 11 Whole-of-Nation Health Capabilities: A System of Systems Methodology for Assessing Serious and Unusual Emergencies |
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Chapter 12 Hospitals and Health-Care Systems: Methods for Reducing Errors in Medical Systems |
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Chapter 13 Disaster Response System of System Case Study Outline |
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Chapter 14 Improvised Explosive Devices in Asymmetric Conflicts: Multisource Data Fusion for Providing Situational Information |
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Chapter 15 Dutch Emergency Response Organization: Safety Region---Quantitative Approach to Operational Resilience |
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Chapter 16 Complex Adaptive Operating System: Creating Methods for Complex Project Management |
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Chapter 17 Australian National Security and the Australian Department of Defence: Framework to Enhance Strategic Planning and Capability Development in Defense Acquisition Organizations |
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Chapter 18 United States Military Partner Capacity: System Dynamics to Quantify Strategic Investments |
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Chapter 19 US Air Force Network Infrastructure System-of-Systems Engineering |
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Chapter 20 US Navy Submarine Sonar Systems: Layered Lateral Enterprise-Technical System Architectures for Defense Acquisition |
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Chapter 21 United States Air Power Command and Control: Enterprise Architecture for Flexibility and Decentralized Control |
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SECTION IX Transportation |
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Chapter 22 NextGen: Enterprise Transformation of the United States Air Transport Network |
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Chapter 23 Airbus A380 and Boeing 787: Contrast of Competing Architectures for Air Transportation |
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Chapter 24 US Air Traffic System: Autonomous Agent-Based Flight for Removing Central Control |
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Chapter 25 Heathrow Terminal 5: Cost Management for a Mega Construction Project |
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Chapter 26 US Airways Flight 1549: Root Cause Analysis for the Miracle on the Hudson |
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Alex Gorod is the founder and managing member of SystemicNet, LLC in New York and a partner at ITNET Management, LLC. He is also a visiting fellow at the University of Adelaide and adjunct associate professor at Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College/City University of New York. Alex is a recipient of the Fabrycky-Blanchard Award for Excellence in Systems Engineering Research and Robert Crooks Stanley Doctoral Fellowship in Engineering Management. He holds a PhD in engineering management from Stevens Institute of Technology.
Brian E. White received his PhD and MS in computer sciences from the University of Wisconsin and his SM and SB in electrical engineering from M.I.T. He served in the US Air Force, and for eight years was at M.I.T. Lincoln Laboratory. For five years, Dr. White was a principal engineering manager at Signatron, Inc. In his 28 years at The MITRE Corporation, he held a variety of senior professional staff and project/resource management positions. He was director of MITRE's Systems Engineering Process Office, 2003-2009. Dr. White retired from MITRE in July 2010 and currently offers a consulting service, CAUSES (Complexity Are Us Systems Engineering Strategies-website: www.cau-ses.net).
Professor Vernon Ireland , BE, BA, MEngSc, PhD, FieAust, CPEng, EngExec, is director of project management for the University of Adelaide, offering master's degrees in traditional and complex project management. Previously, he has been corporate development director of Fletcher Challenge Construction, responsible for people and business systems improvement, in the United States, New Zealand, Australia, Pacific, and Asian businesses of the $2 billion parent company. In academia, he was the foundation dean of design, architecture, and building at the University of Technology, Sydney.
Professor Ireland has been awarded the Engineer's Australia Medal (2008), the Rotary International G
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