Dreamers may envision our future, but it is the pragmatists who
build it. Solve the right problem in the right way, mankind moves
forward. Solve the right problem in the wrong way or the wrong
problem in the right way, however clever or ingenious the solution,
neither credits mankind. Instead, this misfire demonstrates a
failure to appreciate a crucial step in pragmatic problem solving:
systems integration.
The first book to address the underlying premises of systems
integration and how to exposit them in a practical and productive
manner, Engineering Systems Integration: Theory, Metrics, and
Methods looks at the fundamental nature of integration, exposes the
subtle premises to achieve integration, and posits a substantial
theoretical framework that is both simple and clear. Offering
systems managers and systems engineers the framework from which to
consider their decisions in light of systems integration metrics,
the book isolates two basic questions, 1) Is there a way to express
the interplay of human actions and the result of system
interactions of a product with its environment?, and 2) Are there
methods that combine to improve the integration of systems? The
author applies the four axioms of General Systems Theory (holism,
decomposition, isomorphism, and models) and explores the domains of
history and interpretation to devise a theory of systems
integration, develop practical guidance applying the three
frameworks, and formulate the mathematical constructs needed for
systems integration.
The practicalities of integrating parts when we build or analyze
systems mandate an analysis and evaluation of existing integrative
frameworks of causality and knowledge. Integration is not just a
word that describes a best practice, an art, or a single
discipline. The act of integrating is an approach, operative in all
disciplines, in all we see, in all we do.
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