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| Title: | Complex System Classification |
| Authors: | Magee, Christopher
de Weck, Olivier |
| Keywords: | Engineering Systems
System of systems
classification
complex Systems
System |
| Issue Date: | 24-Jul-2004 |
| Publisher: | International Council On Systems Engineering (INCOSE) |
| Abstract: | The use of terms such as âEngineering Systemsâ, âSystem of systemsâ and others have been coming into greater use over the past decade to denote systems of importance but with implied higher complexity than for the term systems alone. This paper searches for a useful taxonomy or classification scheme for complex Systems. There are two aspects to this problem: 1) distinguishing between Engineering Systems (the term we use) and other Systems, and 2) differentiating among Engineering Systems. Engineering Systems are found to be differentiated from other complex systems by being human-designed and having both significant human complexity as well as significant technical complexity. As far as differentiating among various engineering systems, it is suggested that functional type is the most useful attribute for classification differentiation. Information, energy, value and mass acted upon by various processes are the foundation concepts underlying the technical types. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/6753 |
| Appears in Collections: | Other CIPD Research
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