Complexity reduction: A pragmatic approach

Systems Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 180-192

  Simpson, Joseph ^a   Simpson, Mary ^a  

^a Systems Concepts   (United States)

Author keywords

abstract relation types; cognitive complexity reduction; design structure matrices; N squared charts

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACT RELATION TYPES; COGNITIVE COMPLEXITY; COMPLEXITY REDUCTION; DESIGN STRUCTURE MATRICES; ENGINEERING PRACTITIONERS; ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES; GENERAL SYSTEMS THEORY; N-SQUARED CHARTS; RELATIVE COMPLEXITY; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS;

ABSTRACTING; ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 79953731198     PISSN: 10981241     EISSN: 15206858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sys.20170     Document Type: Article

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