Book Review - Systems Engineering and Analysis

Florin Gheorghe FILIP

Abstract

This is the fourth edition of a book which has inspired lots of scientists and engineers which deal with System Engineering and related activities.
Both authors, Benjamin Blanchard and Wolter Fabrycky are at present Emeritus Professors of “Industrial and Systems Engineering” at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. They are well known as skilled practitioners, gifted teachers, productive authors and enthusiastic promoters of the System Engineering knowledge, practical activities and institutions. The book is about system engineering which is viewed as a process of bringing into life the human made (technical) systems, starting from the identification of a human or societal need and ending with system disposal. The book is also about system analysis, which is viewed as a set of activities meant to improve existing systems.

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