Systems Engineering and Analysis (PNIE) [Paperback] 5e by Blanchard

Product details Brand New Paperback: 848 pages Publisher: Pearson; 5 edition (17 July 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 1292025972 ISBN-13: 9781292025971 Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 3.1 x 27.7 cm Alternative US Edition For Reference Only ISBN-13: 9780132217354 ISBN-10: 013221735X   Description For senior-level undergraduate and first and second year graduate systems engineering and related courses.A total life-cycle approach to systems and their analysis.This practical introduction to systems engineering and analysis provides the concepts, methodologies, models, and tools needed to understand and implement a total life-cycle approach to systems and their analysis.The authors focus first on the process of bringing systems into being—beginning with the identification of a need and extending that need through requirements determination, functional analysis and allocation, design synthesis, evaluation, and validation, operation and support, phase-out, and disposal. Next, the authors discuss the improvement of systems currently in being, showing that by employing the iterative process of analysis, evaluation, feedback, and modification, most systems in existence can be improved in their affordability, effectiveness, and stakeholder satisfaction.