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OverviewSystems Science for Engineers and Scholars Brings a powerful toolkit to bear on engineering and scientific endeavors. This book describes the fundamental principles of systems science so engineers and other scholars can put them into practical use at work and in their personal lives. Systems science aims to determine systemic similarities among different disciplines and to develop applicable solutions in many fields of inquiry. Systems Science for Engineers and Scholars readers will discover: Ten systems science principles that open engineers’ and scholars’ horizons to practical insights related to their areas of interest A methodology for designing holistic systems that exhibit resilient behavior to overcome systems’ context uncertainties The most critical current dilemma of humankind—the global environment and energy crises, as well as a systemic, no-nonsense action plan to deal with these issues Independent articles describing how engineers and scholars can utilize systems science creatively in (1) engineering and systemic psychology; (2) delivering value and resolving conflicts; (3) multi-objective, multi-agent decision-making; (4) systems engineering using category theory; (5) holistic risk management using systems of systems failures methodology; and (6) systemic accident and mishap analysis Systems Science for Engineers and Scholars contains a broad spectrum of insights as well as an extensive set of examples and graphics that make it ideal for professionals and students interested in a holistic, systems-oriented approach. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Avner Engel (Tel-Aviv University)Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc Weight: 0.666kg ISBN: 9781394211647ISBN 10: 1394211643 Pages: 544 Publication Date: 09 February 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsPREFACE 10 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 12 PART 1 - FACETS OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 14 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEMS SCIENCE 15 1.1 FOREWORD 15 1.2 CRITICAL HUMANITY CHALLENGE 19 1.3 SYSTEMS SCIENCE IN BRIEF 21 1.4 EARLY SYSTEMS PIONEERS 28 1.5 RECOMMENDED BOOKS ON SYSTEMS SCIENCE 30 1.6 CRITICISM OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE 31 1.7 BIBLIOGRAPHY 34 CHAPTER 2: PRINCIPLES OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE (PART I) 36 2.1 INTRODUCTION 36 2.2 UNIVERSAL CONTEXT 36 2.3 SYSTEMS BOUNDARY 41 2.4 SYSTEMS HIERARCHY 45 2.5 SYSTEMS INTERACTIONS 49 2.6 SYSTEMS CHANGE 54 2.7 BIBLIOGRAPHY 63 CHAPTER 3: PRINCIPLES OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE (PART II) 65 3.1 INTRODUCTION 65 3.2 SYSTEMS INPUT/OUTPUT 65 3.3 SYSTEMS COMPLEXITY 70 3.4 SYSTEMS CONTROL 83 3.5 SYSTEMS EVOLUTION 86 3.6 SYSTEMS EMERGENCE 95 3.7 BIBLIOGRAPHY 99 CHAPTER 4: SYSTEMS THINKING 101 4.1 INTRODUCTION 101 4.2 HISTORY OF SYSTEMS THINKING 101 4.3 FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF SYSTEMS THINKING 102 4.4 THE ICEBERG MODEL OF SYSTEMS THINKING 104 4.5 EXPLORING SYSTEMS THINKING AS A SYSTEM 105 4.6 BARRIERS TO SYSTEMS THINKING 107 4.7 BIBLIOGRAPHY 109 CHAPTER 5: SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 110 5.1 INTRODUCTION 110 5.2 PHILOSOPHY OF ENGINEERING 110 5.3 BASIC SYSTEMS ENGINEERING CONCEPTS 119 5.4 SYSTEMS ENGINEERING DEFICIENCIES 124 5.5 BIBLIOGRAPHY 135 CHAPTER 6: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS – TWO DOMAINS 136 6.1 INTRODUCTION 136 6.2 A CASE FOR COMPARISON 136 6.3 STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF A COMPUTER HARD DRIVE (CHD) 137 6.4 FUNCTIONAL CORRELATIONS BETWEEN CHD AND THE DHD 139 6.5 CONCLUSIONS 144 6.6 ACKNOWLEDGMENT 145 6.7 BIBLIOGRAPHY 145 PART 2 - HOLISTIC SYSTEMS DESIGN 146 CHAPTER 7: HOLISTIC SYSTEMS CONTEXT 147 7.1 INTRODUCTION 147 7.2 RETHINKING THE CONTEXT OF THE SYSTEM 147 7.3 COMPONENTS OF SYSTEMS' CONTEXT 148 7.4 BIBLIOGRAPHY 152 CHAPTER 8: EXAMPLE - UAV SYSTEM OF INTEREST (SOI) 154 8.1 INTRODUCTION 154 8.2 EXAMPLE - UAV SYSTEM 154 8.3 BIBLIOGRAPHY 163 CHAPTER 9: EXAMPLE - UAV CONTEXT (PART I) 164 9.1 INTRODUCTION 164 9.2 UAV CONTEXT - NATURAL SYSTEMS 164 9.3 UAV CONTEXT - SOCIAL SYSTEMS 167 9.4 UAV CONTEXT - RESEARCHAPTER SYSTEMS 168 9.5 UAV CONTEXT - FORMATION SYSTEMS 173 9.6 UAV CONTEXT - SUSTAINMENT SYSTEMS 176 9.7 UAV CONTEXT - BUSINESS SYSTEMS 178 9.8 UAV CONTEXT - COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS 180 9.9 BIBLIOGRAPHY 186 CHAPTER 10: EXAMPLE - UAV CONTEXT (PART II) 188 10.1 INTRODUCTION 188 10.2 UAV CONTEXT - FINANCIAL SYSTEMS 188 10.3 UAV CONTEXT - POLITICAL SYSTEMS 191 10.4 UAV CONTEXT - LEGAL SYSTEMS 194 10.5 UAV CONTEXT - CULTURAL SYSTEMS 196 10.6 UAV CONTEXT - BIOSPHERE SYSTEMS 202 10.7 BIBLIOGRAPHY 203 PART 3 - GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY - CRISIS AND ACTION PLAN 205 CHAPTER 11: GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT CRISES 206 11.1 INTRODUCTION 206 11.2 CLIMATE CHANGE 208 11.3 BIODIVERSITY LOSS 216 11.4 BIBLIOGRAPHY 227 CHAPTER 12: SYSTEMIC ENVIRONMENT ACTION PLAN 229 12.1 INTRODUCTION 229 12.2 SUSTAINING THE EARTH'S ENVIRONMENT 229 12.3 SUSTAINING HUMAN SOCIETY 238 12.4 BIBLIOGRAPHY 247 CHAPTER 13: GLOBAL ENERGY CRISIS 248 13.1 INTRODUCTION 248 13.2 CURRENT GLOBAL ENERGY STATUS 248 13.3 ENERGY RETURN ON INVESTMENT (EROI) 250 13.4 RENEWABLE ENERGY 253 13.5 FOSSIL FUELS ENERGY 258 13.6 CONVENTIONAL FISSION REACTION ENERGY 259 13.7 BIBLIOGRAPHY 261 CHAPTER 14: SYSTEMIC ENERGY ACTION PLAN 262 14.1 THE GLOBAL ENERGY DILEMMA 262 14.2 RENEWABLE ENERGY – ACTION PLAN 262 14.3 FOSSIL FUELS ENERGY – ACTION PLAN 263 14.4 CARS AND TRUCKS ACTION PLAN 264 14.5 FISSION REACTION ENERGY – ACTION PLAN 264 14.6 SMALL MODULAR REACTORS (SMRS) ACTION PLAN 265 14.7 FUSION NUCLEAR ENERGY ACTION PLAN 269 14.8 BIBLIOGRAPHY 273 PART 4 - MORE SYSTEMS SCIENCE FOR ENGINEERS AND SCHOLARS 274 CHAPTER 15: ENGINEERING AND SYSTEMIC PSYCHOLOGY 275 15.1 INTRODUCTION 275 15.2 SCHEMA THEORY 275 15.3 COGNITIVE BIASES 276 15.4 SYSTEMS FAILURES 279 15.5 COGNITIVE DEBIASING 285 15.6 BIBLIOGRAPHY 288 CHAPTER 16: DELIVERING VALUE AND RESOLVING CONFLICTS 289 16.1 INTRODUCTION 289 16.2 DELIVERING SYSTEMS VALUE 289 16.3 CONFLICT ANALYSIS AND RESOLUTION 294 16.4 BIBLIOGRAPHY 299 CHAPTER 17: MULTI-OBJECTIVE MULTI-AGENT DECISION MAKING 300 17.1 INTRODUCTION 300 17.2 UTILITY-BASED REWARDS 300 17.3 REPRESENTATION OF THE DECISION PROCESS 301 17.4 KEY TYPES OF DECISION PROCESSES 302 17.5 EXAMPLE-1 - WOLVES AND SHEEP PREDATION 305 17.6 EXAMPLE-2 - COOPERATIVE TARGET OBSERVATION 308 17.7 EXAMPLE-3 - SEAPORT LOGISTICS 310 17.8 BIBLIOGRAPHY 313 CHAPTER 18: SYSTEMS ENGINEERING USING CATEGORY THEORY 315 18.1 INTRODUCTION 315 18.2 THE PROBLEM OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY, COLLABORATIVE DESIGN 315 18.3 BRIEF BACKGROUND ON CATEGORY THEORY AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 316 18.4 EXAMPLE - DESIGNING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE 317 18.5 CATEGORY THEORY (CT) AS A SYSTEM SPECIFICATION LANGUAGE 322 18.6 CATEGORICAL MULTIDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIVE DESIGN (C-MCD) 329 18.7 THE C-MCD CATEGORIES 331 18.8 THE CATEGORICAL DESIGN PROCESS 339 18.9 CONCLUSION 340 18.10 ACKNOWLEDGMENT 340 18.11 BIBLIOGRAPHY 340 CHAPTER 19: HOLISTIC RISK MANAGEMENT USING SOSF METHODOLOGY 342 19.1 INTRODUCTION 342 19.2 LIMITATIONS OF CURRENT RISK MANAGEMENT PRACTICES 342 19.3 FEATURES OF SYSTEMS OF SYSTEMS FAILURES (SOSF) 343 19.4 EXAMPLE-1 - HOLISTIC RISK MANAGEMENT AND FAILURE CLASSES 347 19.5 EXAMPLE-2 – SYNTHETIC SOSF RISK MANAGEMENT 354 19.6 CONCLUSION 358 19.7 ACKNOWLEDGMENT 358 19.8 BIBLIOGRAPHY 358 CHAPTER 20: SYSTEMIC ACCIDENTS AND MISHAPS ANALYSES 360 20.1 INTRODUCTION TO ACCIDENT CAUSATION MODELS 360 20.2 BASIC ACCIDENTS AND MISHAPS CONCEPTS 360 20.3 CLASSIFICATION OF INCIDENT CAUSATION MODELS 361 20.4 SYSTEMS THEORETIC ACCIDENT MODEL AND PROCESS (STAMP) 362 20.5 CAUSAL ANALYSIS SYSTEM THEORY (CAST) 365 20.6 CAST PROCEDURE 366 20.7 CAST EXAMPLE - CH-53 HELICOPTERS MID-AIR COLLISION 367 20.8 BIBLIOGRAPHY 374 APPENDIX-A: DISTINGUISHED SYSTEMS SCIENCE RESEARCHERS 376 APPENDIX-B: DISTINGUISHED SYSTEMS THINKING RESEARCHERS 378 APPENDIX-C: PERMISSIONS TO USE THIRD-PARTY COPYRIGHT MATERIAL 380 APPENDIX-D: LIST OF ACRONYMS 392 INDEX 398ReviewsAuthor InformationAvner Engel, PhD, has many years of experience in software and systems engineering as well as technical management within large R&D organizations and academia. He is the author of Verification, Validation, and Testing of Engineered Systems and Practical Creativity and Innovation in Systems Engineering, both published by Wiley. Currently, Dr. Engel is a researcher at the Tel-Aviv University-Systems Engineering Research Initiative (TAU-SERI). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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