Towards affordably adaptable and effective systems

Systems Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 224-234

  Neches, Robert ^a   Madni, Azad M ^b  

^a Systems Engineering   (United States)

^b University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

adaptability; complex systems; engineered resilient systems; operational contexts; resilience; success criteria

Indexed keywords

ADAPTABILITY; OPERATIONAL CONTEXTS; RESILIENCE; RESILIENT SYSTEMS; SUCCESS CRITERIA;

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

COST ENGINEERING;

EID: 84876476459     PISSN: 10981241     EISSN: 15206858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sys.21234     Document Type: Article

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