Re-evaluating systems engineering concepts using systems thinking

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Part C: Applications and Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 516-527

  Terry Bahill, A ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Design methodology; Human thinking; Modeling; Problem solving; Process description; Requirements; Standards; Systems engineering

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STANDARDS;

SYSTEMS THINKING;

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

EID: 0032208372     PISSN: 10946977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5326.725338     Document Type: Article

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