Architecting systems for value robustness: Research motivations and progress

2008 IEEE International Systems Conference Proceedings, SysCon 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 216-223

  Ross, Adam M ^a   Rhodes, Donna H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Latent value; Product architecting design for changeability; Quantifying changeability; System architecting; Value robustness

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRY PRACTICES; INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS; LATENT VALUE; PRODUCT ARCHITECTING DESIGN FOR CHANGEABILITY; QUANTIFYING CHANGEABILITY; REAL-WORLD SYSTEMS; RESEARCH MOTIVATIONS; SYSTEM ARCHITECTING; SYSTEMS CONFERENCE; SYSTEMS OF SYSTEMS; VALUE ROBUSTNESS;

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

EID: 49049114364     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SYSTEMS.2008.4519011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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