Measuring the technical integrity of a complex engineered system /
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2014
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Edwards, Michael Thomas,
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Technical integrity is the term used in the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to encompass a system’s fitness for service, its safety and its compliance with regulations for environmental protection. Technical regulations in the ADF are explicitly aimed at assuring that technical integrity is achieved during the development of systems and is maintained during their operational life. It would be expected then, in some average sense at least, that the technical integrity of systems developed in compliance with the provisions of technical regulation would be greater than those that are not. This consideration lead to the research problem that initiated this thesis, namely: How effective are the provisions of technical regulations in assuring the technical integrity of complex engineered systems? Establishing a way to measure the technical integrity of a complex engineered system is a necessary prerequisite for objective assessment of the effectiveness of the provisions of technical regulation. The key research question pursued by this thesis was therefore: How can the technical integrity of a complex engineered system be measured?
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University of South Australia. Defence and Systems Institute.
Defence and Systems Institute.
Defence and Systems Institute.
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Thesis (PhD(Systems Engineering))--University of South Australia, 2014.
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Copyright 2014 Michael Thomas Edwards.
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1 ethesis (xxxii,436 pages) :
colour illustrations (3 pages folded)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 422-435)
colour illustrations (3 pages folded)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 422-435)
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