Designing Complex Systems

Designing Complex Systems

by Erik W. Aslaksen
Released April 2016
Publisher(s): Auerbach Publications
ISBN: 9781420087543

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Book description

Emphasizing a top-down approach, this volume considers the purpose and basic features of design and how the concept of value can provide a quantitative measure of that wider interaction of the engineered object with its environment.

Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Chapter 1. Introduction (1/4)
  5. Chapter 1. Introduction (2/4)
  6. Chapter 1. Introduction (3/4)
  7. Chapter 1. Introduction (4/4)
  8. Chapter 2. The Purpose of Design (1/4)
  9. Chapter 2. The Purpose of Design (2/4)
  10. Chapter 2. The Purpose of Design (3/4)
  11. Chapter 2. The Purpose of Design (4/4)
  12. Chapter 3. The Design Methodology (1/4)
  13. Chapter 3. The Design Methodology (2/4)
  14. Chapter 3. The Design Methodology (3/4)
  15. Chapter 3. The Design Methodology (4/4)
  16. Chapter 4. Functional Elements and the Functional Domain (1/5)
  17. Chapter 4. Functional Elements and the Functional Domain (2/5)
  18. Chapter 4. Functional Elements and the Functional Domain (3/5)
  19. Chapter 4. Functional Elements and the Functional Domain (4/5)
  20. Chapter 4. Functional Elements and the Functional Domain (5/5)
  21. Chapter 5. Interactions and Systems (1/4)
  22. Chapter 5. Interactions and Systems (2/4)
  23. Chapter 5. Interactions and Systems (3/4)
  24. Chapter 5. Interactions and Systems (4/4)
  25. Chapter 6. Properties of Systems (1/3)
  26. Chapter 6. Properties of Systems (2/3)
  27. Chapter 6. Properties of Systems (3/3)
  28. Chapter 7. Expanding the Irreducible Element (1/6)
  29. Chapter 7. Expanding the Irreducible Element (2/6)
  30. Chapter 7. Expanding the Irreducible Element (3/6)
  31. Chapter 7. Expanding the Irreducible Element (4/6)
  32. Chapter 7. Expanding the Irreducible Element (5/6)
  33. Chapter 7. Expanding the Irreducible Element (6/6)
  34. Chapter 8. Maintained Systems (1/4)
  35. Chapter 8. Maintained Systems (2/4)
  36. Chapter 8. Maintained Systems (3/4)
  37. Chapter 8. Maintained Systems (4/4)
  38. Chapter 9. The System Designer's Assistant (1/3)
  39. Chapter 9. The System Designer's Assistant (2/3)
  40. Chapter 9. The System Designer's Assistant (3/3)
  41. Index
  42. Back cover

Product information

  • Title: Designing Complex Systems
  • Author(s): Erik W. Aslaksen
  • Release date: April 2016
  • Publisher(s): Auerbach Publications
  • ISBN: 9781420087543