Decision Making in Systems Engineering and Management, 2nd Edition

• This book is suitable as atexbook for the three keytopifs in systems engineering: systems thinking, systems engineering and systems decision making, which the editors authors have unified under a Systems Decision Process
• The book has exercises and examples, and case studies and is accompanied by a Solutions Manual for Instructors

This edition offers:

•  improved discussion of risk in several chapters of the text including more emphasis on the identification and assessment of systemic risk in addition to system solution risk.

• -A new section introducing models and issues associated with reliability growth in systems and its implications for system test and evaluation.

• -An extension of systems decision process (SDP) to include new techniques developed since the 1^st Edition

• Inclusion of new roles for systems engineers in providing improved securityand protecting privacy.

• A new appeandix that summarizes major results in Utility Theoryand Pareto optimality thatare relevant to the value versus cost trade space created bythe SDP.

• Revised exercises in each chapter based on student and faculty feedback from teaching the course over 4 semesters