How to Do Systems Analysis Primer and Casebook.

Presents the foundational systemic thinking needed to conceive systems that address complex socio-technical problems This book emphasizes the underlying systems analysis components and associated thought processes. The authors describe an approach that is appropriate for complex systems in diverse d...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gibson, John E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2016.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Temas:
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Wiley Series in Systems Engineering and Management
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Original Preface from Jack Gibson
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Companion Website
  • Part I: Primer
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • 1.1 What is a System?
  • 1.2 Terminology Confusion
  • 1.3 Systems Analysis Equals Operations Research Plus Policy Analysis
  • 1.4 Attributes of Large-Scale Systems
  • 1.5 Transportation Systems: An Example of a Large-Scale System
  • 1.6 Systems Integration
  • 1.7 What Makes a "Systems Analysis" Different?
  • 1.8 Distant Roots of Systems Analysis
  • 1.9 Immediate Precursors to Systems Analysis
  • 1.10 Development of Systems Analysis as a Distinct Discipline: The Influence of Rand
  • References
  • Chapter 2: Six Major Phases of Systems Analysis
  • 2.1 The Systems Analysis Method: Six Major Phases
  • 2.2 The Goal-Centered or Top-Down Approach
  • 2.3 The Index of Performance Concept
  • 2.4 Developing Alternative Scenarios
  • 2.5 Ranking Alternatives
  • 2.6 Iteration and the "Error-Embracing" Approach
  • 2.7 The Action Phase: the Life Cycle of a System
  • References
  • Chapter 3: Goal Development
  • 3.1 Seven Steps in Goal Development
  • 3.2 On Generalizing the Question
  • 3.3 The Descriptive Scenario
  • 3.4 The Normative Scenario
  • 3.5 The Axiological Component
  • 3.6 Developing an Objectives Tree
  • 3.7 Validate
  • 3.8 Iterate
  • References
  • Chapter 4: The Index of Performance
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Desirable Characteristics for an Index of Performance
  • 4.3 Economic Criteria
  • 4.4 Four Common Criteria of Economic Efficiency
  • 4.5 Is There a Problem with Multiple Criteria?
  • 4.6 What is Wrong with the B-C Ratio?
  • 4.7 Can Irr Be Fixed?
  • 4.8 Expected Monetary Value
  • 4.9 Nonmonetary Performance Indices
  • 6.4 Rule 3: The Original Problem Statement is too Specific: You must Generalize the Problem to Give it Contextual Integrity
  • 6.5 Rule 4: The Client does not Understand the Concept of the Index of Performance
  • 6.6 Rule 5: You are the Analyst, not the Decision Maker
  • 6.7 Rule 6: Meet the Time Deadline and the Cost Budget
  • 6.8 Rule 7: Take a Goal-Centered Approach to the Problem, not a Technology-Centered or Chronological Approach
  • 6.9 Rule 8: Non-Users must be Considered in the Analysis and in the Final Recommendations
  • 6.10 Rule 9: The Universal Computer Model is a Fantasy

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