Defining system changeability: Reconciling flexibility, adaptability, scalability, and robustness for maintaining system lifecycle value

17th Annual International Symposium of the International Council on Systems Engineering, INCOSE 2007 - Systems Engineering: Key to Intelligent Enterprises

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 735-749

  Ross, Adam M ^a   Rhodes, Donna H ^a   Hastings, Daniel E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANGE MECHANISMS; CONTEMPORARY ENVIRONMENTS; DECISION MAKERS; PARAMETER CHANGES; ROBUST SYSTEMS; SYSTEM BOUNDARY; SYSTEM LIFECYCLE; VALUE DELIVERY;

LIFE CYCLE; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

SCALABILITY;

EID: 84878096146     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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