Towards a structure for systems engineering research

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2005

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Ferris, T.L.J.
Cook, S.C.
Honour, E.

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INCOSE 2005: 15th Annual International Symposium: Systems Engineering: Bridging Industry, Government and Academia: Proceedings, 2005, vol.1, pp.817-832

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INCOSE 2005: 15th Annual International Symposium: Systems Engineering: Bridging Industry, Government and Academia (10 Jul 2005 : Rochester, New York, USA)

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This paper discusses the need for the development of a framework for Systems Engineering to facilitate recognition of Systems Engineering as a discipline and to provide a fundamental basis for advancing the practice of Systems Engineering. Systems Engineering concerns the development of systems that satisfy the real needs of those who call for the systems to be created. Such systems are not tangible things that can be analyzed as objects to be inspected and described, but rather these systems interact with their users and stakeholders in a complex manner, where the introduction of the system perturbs the pre-existent situation, resulting in a need for sophisticated methodologies to analyze and predict outcomes of system creation and deployment. The paper exposes and discusses a range of research methodologies that are appropriate for contributing to the development of a coherent framework of research in Systems Engineering. © 2005 by Timothy Ferris, Stephen Cook, Eric Honour.

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