Toward Solving Complex Human Problems: Techniques for Increasing Our Understanding of What Matters in Doing So
暫譯: 解決複雜人類問題的途徑：提升我們對重要事物理解的技術
White, Brian E.
- 出版商: CRC
- 出版日期: 2020-12-18
- 售價: $2,670
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $2,537
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 156
- 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
- ISBN: 0367638487
- ISBN-13: 9780367638481
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商品描述
This book serves three basic purposes: (1) a tutorial-type reference for complex systems engineering (CSE) concepts and associated terminology, (2) a recommendation of a proposed methodology showing how the evolving practice of CSE can lead to a more unified theory, and (3) a complex systems (CSs) initiative for organizations to invest some of their resources toward helping to make the world a better place.
A wide variety of technical practitioners--e.g., developers of new or improved systems (particularly systems engineers), program and project managers, associated staff/workers, funders and overseers, government executives, military officers, systems acquisition personnel, contract specialists, owners of large and small businesses, professional society members, and CS researchers--may be interested in further exploring these topics.
Readers will learn more about CS characteristics and behaviors and CSE principles and will therefore be able to focus on techniques that will better serve them in their everyday work environments in dealing with complexity. The fundamental observation is that many systems inherently involve a deeper complexity because stakeholders are engaged in the enterprise. This means that such CSs are more difficult to invent, create, or improve upon because no one can be in total control since people cannot be completely controlled. Therefore, one needs to concentrate on trying to influence progress, then wait a suitable amount of time to see what happens, iterating as necessary. With just three chapters in this book, it seems to make sense to provide a tutorial introduction that readers can peruse only as necessary, considering their background and understanding, then a chapter laying out the suggested artifacts and methodology, followed by a chapter emphasizing worthwhile areas of application.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
這本書有三個基本目的：(1) 作為複雜系統工程（CSE）概念及相關術語的教學型參考，(2) 建議一種方法論，展示CSE的演變實踐如何導向更統一的理論，以及 (3) 提出一個複雜系統（CSs）倡議，鼓勵組織投入部分資源，幫助改善世界。
各種技術從業者，例如新系統或改進系統的開發者（特別是系統工程師）、程式和專案經理、相關的工作人員、資助者和監督者、政府高層、軍官、系統採購人員、合約專家、大型和小型企業的擁有者、專業社團成員以及CS研究人員，可能會對進一步探索這些主題感興趣。
讀者將學習更多有關CS特徵和行為以及CSE原則的知識，因此能夠專注於在日常工作環境中更好地應對複雜性所需的技術。基本觀察是，許多系統本質上涉及更深層的複雜性，因為利益相關者參與了該企業。這意味著這些CSs更難以發明、創造或改進，因為沒有人能完全控制，因為人無法被完全控制。因此，需要專注於試圖影響進展，然後等待適當的時間來觀察結果，必要時進行迭代。這本書僅有三章，似乎合理提供一個教學性介紹，讓讀者根據自己的背景和理解，僅在必要時瀏覽，接著是一章列出建議的工件和方法論，最後是一章強調值得應用的領域。
作者簡介
Brian E. White earned an MS and a PhD in computer science at the University of Wisconsin, and SM and SB degrees in electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He served in the U.S. Air Force and for 8 years was at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory. For five years Dr. White was a principal engineering manager at Signatron, Inc. In his 28 years at The MITRE Corporation, he held a variety of senior professional staff and project/resource management positions. He was Director of MITRE's Systems Engineering Process Office from 2003 to 2009. Dr. White retired from MITRE in July 2010 and has since offered a consulting service, CAU- SES ("Complexity Are Us"--Systems Engineering Strategies). He has taught technical courses as an Adjunct Professor at several U.S. universities, and he is currently tutoring in basic mathematics, calculus, electrical engineering, and complex systems. He has edited and authored several books and book chapters, mostly in his Complex and Enterprise Systems Engineering Series with Taylor & Francis and CRC Press. He has presented a dozen tutorials in complex systems and published over a hundred conference papers and journal articles in complex systems, systems engineering, digital communications, etc., over his 55+-year career.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
布萊恩·E·懷特（Brian E. White）在威斯康辛大學獲得計算機科學碩士（MS）和博士（PhD）學位，並在麻省理工學院（MIT）獲得電機工程的碩士（SM）和學士（SB）學位。他曾在美國空軍服役，並在麻省理工學院林肯實驗室工作了8年。在Signatron, Inc.擔任了五年的首席工程經理。在MITRE公司工作了28年期間，他擔任過多個高級專業人員和項目/資源管理職位。他於2003年至2009年擔任MITRE系統工程流程辦公室主任。懷特博士於2010年7月從MITRE退休，並自此提供諮詢服務，名為CAU-SES（“Complexity Are Us”--系統工程策略）。他曾在多所美國大學擔任兼任教授教授技術課程，目前正在輔導基礎數學、微積分、電機工程和複雜系統。他編輯和撰寫了幾本書籍和書章，主要是與泰勒與法蘭西斯（Taylor & Francis）和CRC出版社合作的《複雜與企業系統工程系列》。在他超過55年的職業生涯中，他在複雜系統方面進行了十幾次教程，並發表了超過一百篇會議論文和期刊文章，涵蓋複雜系統、系統工程、數位通信等領域。
