Key challenges and opportunities in 'system of systems' engineering

Conference Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 973-978

  Ring, Jack ^a   Madni, Azad M ^b  

^a Innovation Management   (United States)

^b SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Architecture; Holons; System of systems; System of systems engineering; Systems complexity; Systems engineering; Unintended consequences

Indexed keywords

HOLONS; SYSTEM OF SYSTEMS (SOS); SYSTEM-OF-SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS COMPLEXITY; UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES;

ARCHITECTURE; CYBERNETICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

EID: 27944467377     PISSN: 1062922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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