Multidisciplinary Systems Engineering: Architecting the Design Process [Hardcover]

This book presents Systems Engineering from a modern, multidisciplinary engineering approach, providing the understanding that all aspects of systems design, systems, software, test, security, maintenance and the full life-cycle must be factored in to any large-scale system design; up front, not factored in later. It lays out a step-by-step approach to systems-of-systems architectural design, describing in detail the documentation flow throughout the systems engineering design process. It provides a straightforward look and the entire systems engineering process, providing realistic case studies, examples, and design problems that will enable?students to gain a firm grasp on the fundamentals of modern systems engineering.?Included is a comprehensive design problem that weaves throughout the entire text book, concluding with a complete top-level systems architecture for a real-world design problem.Introduction: Systems Engineering  Why?.- A Multidisciplinary Approach to Systems Engineering  What?.- Systems Engineering Roles.- Systems Engineering Tools and Practices.- Systems Architecture.- Systems Engineering Tasks and Products  How?.- The Overall Systems Engineering Design.- The Systems Engineering Process.- Plan Development Timelines.- Putting it all Together  System of Systems Multidisciplinary Engineering.- Conclusions and Discussion.

Dr. James A. Crowder: Dr. Crowder currently serves as a Chief Engineer for Raytheons Intelligence, Information, and Services Business Unit and Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Autonomous Systems, Artificial Intelligence, and Systems Architecture. He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering, an MS in Electrical Engineering in Signal Processing, an MS in Applied Mathematics, and a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Applied Mathematics. Dr. Crowder has several patents pending in Artificial Intelligence and has over 100 published, peer-reviewed papers.  Recent book publishinglÄ