Systems Engineering in an age of complexity

IEEE Engineering Management Review

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 29-38

  Calvano, Charles N ^a   John, Philip ^b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity; Design; Failure; Risk; Systems engineering

Indexed keywords

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; RELIABILITY; RISKS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

COMPLEX ENGINEERED SYSTEMS; COMPLEXITY THEORY; SYSTEM COMPLEXITY;

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

EID: 11244271586     PISSN: 03608581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/EMR.2004.25134     Document Type: Review

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