Why systems engineering on telescopes?

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4837, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 166-177

  Swart, Gerhard ^a   Meiring, Kobus ^a  

^a SALT   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cost; Development process; Performance; SALT; Schedule; Systems Engineering; Telescopes

Indexed keywords

COSTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

DEVELOPMENT PROCESS;

TELESCOPES;

EID: 0037621676     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.457026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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