Systems Engineering and Analysis (Prentice-Hall international series in industrial & systems engineering) [Hardcover]

Benjamin S. Blanchard (Author), Wolter J. Fabrycky (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1990 | ISBN-10: 0138807582 | ISBN-13: 978-0138807580 | Edition: 2nd

For senior-level undergraduate and first and second year graduate systems engineering and related courses. Systems Engineering and Analysis, 5/e, provides a total life-cycle approach to systems and their analysis.

This practical introduction to systems engineering and analysis provides the concepts, methodologies, models, and tools needed to understand and implement a total life-cycle approach to systems and their analysis. The authors focus first on the process of bringing systems into being—beginning with the identification of a need and extending that need through requirements determination, functional analysis and allocation, design synthesis, evaluation, and validation, operation and support, phase-out, and disposal. Next, the authors discuss the improvement of systems currently in being, showing that by employing the iterative process of analysis, evaluation, feedback, and modification, most systems in existence can be improved in their affordability, effectiveness, and stakeholder satisfaction.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Editorial Reviews

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“This text is the most complete, most thorough, and the most systematic textbook on the subject of Systems Engineering.  The textbook is presenting materials in a proper and sequential manner and it is not jumping from topic to topic.”

-Lili H. Tabrizi, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY

 

“This is, without a doubt, the definitive text on systems engineering.  It provides a comprehensive coverage of the field, considering both the design and analysis of complex systems.”

-Stanley F. Bullington, MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY

 

“The clean coverage of individual topics makes it easier to address needs of students both in our regular graduate course and to supplement short courses.  The book serves as an excellent quick reference guide.”

-Paul Componation, THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

From the Publisher

An introduction to systems engineering -- the process, the models and tools used in systems analysis, the design for operational feasibility, and systems engineering management.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 720 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall College Div; 2nd edition (February 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0138807582
• ISBN-13: 978-0138807580
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.9 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,048,562 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars High-level view, October 22, 2005

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This review is from: Systems Engineering and Analysis (3rd Edition) (Hardcover)

Very much the 30,000 foot view of systems engineering. I picked this book up because I saw it referred to all over the place, and assumed that it was reasonably definitive. Sadly, it is not. What the book does do is give the reader a reasonably good high-level overview of systems engineering in general, and of some of the techniques involved in estimating the "ilities" of a given system design. However, the level of detail on any one subject area is very light, and the bias of the book is very much toward DoD-style systems engineering. A good book for systems engineering managers. System designers should also seek out Wymore's "Model-Based Systems Engineering" for a thorough understanding of requirements and design.

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good coverage of program/project systems engineering, February 13, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Systems Engineering and Analysis (Prentice-Hall international series in industrial & systems engineering) (Hardcover)

Blanchard and Fabrycky start with an excellent discussion of systems engineering (SE) history and proceed to cover program/project SE in a logical and orderly fashion. The material is well written, lacking the usual jargon and catch-words. The book could benefit from additional technical implementation details of effectiveness analysis, design concept development, and integration technique coverage. Among the alternates available, this is the preferred broad coverage of SE and well worth reading carefully.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One Of The Best Overall Introductions To Systems Engineering, May 30, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Systems Engineering and Analysis (3rd Edition) (Hardcover)

One of the early original works to attempt to define Systems Engineering, it still represents one of the best overall introductions to the multiple faceted discipline of Systems Engineering and Analysis. It successfully covers the broad range of topics associated with this field. It is also a good introduction as it shows how Systems Engineering evolves over the various phases of system development from concept definition to final testing.