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"Experiencing the Joy of Learning"
INSTRUCTOR:
Dept: Industrial
and Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University
Office: 239C Zachry
Phone: 979-862-4066
Email: ntaimo@tamu.edu
CLASSROOM AND SCHEDULE: Spring 2008
Zachry 340
TR 2:20 PM - 3:35 PM
Distance Learning Course
OFFICE HOURS:
MW 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. or by appointment (open door policy)
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Introduction to the systems
thinking process, systems of systems, and the fundamental considerations
associated with the engineering of large-scale systems, or systems engineering.
These include the system development process, needs analysis, concept
exploration, concept definition, engineering design, integration and evaluation,
and systems engineering management.
Course Syllabus
PREREQUISITES
Graduate standing or senior level (instructor
approval required)
COURSE OBJECTIVES
This is an introductory course to systems
engineering. The aim of the course is to introduce students to systems thinking
and analysis, the systems development process, and the fundamental
considerations associated with the engineering of large-scale complex systems.
The course provides a comprehensive understanding of systems ideas and methods
to help students to achieve success in their future challenging projects
regardless of their discipline. The course is suitable for students at the
master’s level and only requires the student to have basic analytical thinking
skills. The course covers the following topics: 1) definitions and
classification of systems, hierarchical models of complex systems, and systems
of systems (SOS), 2) systems thinking ideas and systems engineering tools, 3)
functional and information modeling for complex systems, and introduction to the
discrete event system specification (DEVS), 4) engineering and design of large
scale systems, including the system development process, system life cycle
models (DoD, ISO/IEC, NSPE), and systems engineering documents, 5) formulation
of issues and constraints, from needs analysis, concept exploration, through to
concept definition, 6) design and evaluation of SOS Models, from advanced
development, engineering design, to system integration and evaluation, 7)
systems engineering and systems management, including human and cognitive
factors. The course will also use case studies and examples from several
fields including engineering, ecology, healthcare, and energy. To keep up with
modern systems engineering tools, the students will be introduced to the Unified
Modeling Language (UML) and will be required to do their homework and other
course assignments using IBM Rational Data Modeler software.
TEXTBOOK
AND ADDITIONAL COURSE MATERIAL
Kossiakoff, A. Sweet, W.N., Systems Engineering
Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, 2003.
ISBN: 0471234435.
REFERENCES:
Blanchard, B.S. and Fabrycky, W.J., Systems
Engineering and Analysis, 4th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2005. ISBN: 0131869779.
Derek K. Hitchins, Advanced Systems
Thinking, Engineering, and Management, Artech House Publishers, 2003. ISBN:
1580536190.
Gharajedaghi, J., Systems Thinking, Managing
Chaos and Complexity: A Platform for Design Business Architecture, 2nd Edition,
Butterworth Heinemann, 2005. ISBN: 0750679735.
Wymore, W. A., Model-Based Systems Engineering,
CRC Press Inc., Boca Raton FL, Chapter 1 & 2, 1993.
Zeigler, B.P., H. Praehofer and T.G. Kim,
Theory of Modeling and Simulation, 2nd Edition, Academic Press, 2000.
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