I am looking for some textbook recommendations in Systems Engineering: decision support, modeling, mathematical riqor. Ive been asking around and apparently Engineering Design of Systems, Models and Methods (http://books.google.com/books?id=YCQFAAAACAAJ&dq=Engineering+Design+of+Systems,+Models+and+Methods++Buede&num=100&ei=QJ1dSNjVGYLAigHlsuSKDA), by Buede is recommended. Comments?
Anhar Miah
Jun21-08, 09:32 PM
I would highly recommend Peter Checkland, he is pretty much the "don" of systems engineering:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Checkland
Its a complex subject, but one of the best way of understading the concept is:
Systems Engineering = a systems approach using engineering principles.
Systems have two major views: Holistic and reductionalistic.
Anway there is plenty of reading material out on the subject matter.