COMPLEX SYSTEMS IN SCIENCE AND SOCIETY:
Systems Engineering
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In the 21st century, systems engineers are capable of remarkable feats. However, technological advances have increased not only what our engineered systems can do, but expectations of what they should be able to do. As a result, systems engineering projects are becoming much more ambitious and the demands placed on them are rapidly increasing. As many engineers have discovered, problems arise when systems reach a certain level of complexity. The interdependencies between the components become critical. Interface design efforts increase dramatically, and still, when the parts are finally put together, the system can be unreliable. As a result, complex systems engineering projects frequently come in substantially over budget or over time, and many are scrapped entirely.
In collaboration with systems engineers, NECSI reseachers have studied complex systems engineering projects. Using newly-developed analytical techniques, they characterized the limitations of traditional methods such as decomposition. Working with government agencies and private companies, NECSI has investigated new approaches and developed techniques that can be applied to highly complex engineering problems. Complex Systems Engineering Implementation Training Program In order to help corporate and government organizations improve the engineering of highly complex systems, NECSI recently introduced a Complex Systems Engineering Implementation Program. For more information send an email to exec @ necsi.org. Books
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