Assembling off-the-shelf components: "Learn as you go" systems engineering

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 286-297

  Horowitz, Barry M ^a   Lambert, James H ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercial off the shelf software (COTS); Multiobjective optimization; Programmatic and technical risk; Project management; Risk management; System assembly

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ASSEMBLING OFF-THE-SHELF COMPONENTS; COMMERCIAL OFF-THE-SHELF SOFTWARE (COTS); MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; PROGRAMMATIC RISK; SYSTEM ASSEMBLY; TECHNICAL RISK;

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

EID: 33244478095     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCA.2005.851285     Document Type: Article

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