Category: Introduction

This section explains the SE processes to be applied by an integrated product team (IPT) and assigns specific responsibilities for the technical system effort, including contracted or subcontracted system tasks. The tasks also include the technical processes and procedures to be applied to these tasks. These processes and/or procedures are developed as part of the…

The SE approach has achieved remarkable results in diverse fields, such as airplane development, major construction projects, the automobile industry, large shipping business operations, natural resource utilization, environmental protection, economic system reform, and many scientific research projects worldwide. SE plays an important role and it is widely recognized and accepted by many global leaders and…

SE is a multidisciplinary approach to planning, organizing, coordinating, and controlling production, construction, transportation, storage, communications, commerce, scientific research, and other human activities. In general SE, starting with the overall concept of a system, studies the various subsystems/components, analyzes the relationship between various functions, and uses mathematical methods to find the best solution to build…

SE is an emerging science that studies systems and is an engineering technique for designing and building a complex product. Building a new complex product requires the use of quantitative analysis (including modeling, simulation, and optimization methods) or quantitative/qualitative analysis of a combination of methods, along with system analysis and system design of the product. The…

Systems engineering can be viewed as a collective effort incorporating a large group of engineering techniques that directly transforms the objective world using system thinking. A system is composed of several key components that are related to each other and that interact with each other. People’s understanding of a system, that is, their thinking about…

Systems Engineering: A Team Approach Systems engineering (SE) is a multidisciplinary approach to product lifecycle realization. SE allows one to better understand each product as a whole and to improve the planning, design/development, manufacturing, and maintenance processes. Organizations use SE to model and analyze the interactions, needs, subsystems, constraints, and interactions among system components and…