This book presents an overview of operations research and systems engineering and takes a look into both fields on content, histories, contributions, and future directions so a sound career choice can be made for those who might be deciding on a career path. The book also offers how these two fields can be integrated and used in current times and into the future.
Operations Research and Systems Engineering: Growth and Transformation traces the history of both fields of research as well as offers comments on the importance of both areas of study. By taking a look back with a historical perspective and also looking forward with the presentation of applications currently being used, someone looking to make a sound career choice will be able to decide which area they want to move towards. The book also offers how to integrate both operations research methods with systems engineering concepts and tools and provides a comparison between the two, along with how they can work together in the future.
The goal of this book is to provide the reader with enough information so they can move forward with their career goals. It is also an ideal book that provides engineers, scientists, and mathematicians with a way to broaden their knowledge and areas of study.
Author(s): Howard Eisner
Publisher: CRC Press
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 125
City: Boca Raton
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Preface
About the Author
1. Introduction
2. Overview of Operations Research
Solution Domains and Tools
Single Course Curriculum - Operations Research
Military Problem Addressed by Operations Research
Military Operations Research Society
The Lanchester Equations [6]
Some Familiar Names in Operations Research
The Operation Research Society of America (ORSA) [6]
References
3. Overview of Systems Engineering
Defining "System"
A Historical Perspective
A Bump in the Road
A Significant Milestone and Contribution
Evolution of Systems Engineering in the Department of Defense
Looking to the Future
The Grand Unified Theory of Systems Engineering [15]
References
4. Academic Representations
Johns Hopkins Engineering
MIT
Stevens Institute of Technology
The George Washington University
University of Michigan
The University of Maryland at Baltimore Campus
Stanford University
CalTech (California Institute of Technology)
UC San Diego
LSE in the UK; MS in Operations Research and Analytics
George Mason
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
Boston University
Reference
5. Systems Engineering: Revisited
Architecting
Failure in Systems Engineering
Charles Wasson - Re-visited [2]
MITRE'S Systems Engineering
NASA's View of Systems Engineering
References
6. Operations Research: Revisited
A Brief Overview of Institutions
The Operations Research Office
Mike McDonagh (CEO and CTO)
Checkland's Soft Systems Methodology [3]
Appreciative Inquiry (AI) [4]
Moving Into 2022
References
7. Common Elements - Operations Research and Systems Engineering
Modeling and Simulation
Probability and Statistics Applications
Serial Reliability
Parallel Reliability
Availability - General
Binomial distribution
Redundancy
Decision Theory
Analysis of Alternatives
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis [2]
Likelihood Ratio
Search Theory
Forecasting
Management
References
8. Growth in Systems Engineering and Operations Research
Management
Problem Solver
Chief Architect
Chief Enterprise Architect
Looking at People to "Verify"
Growth of the Enterprise
Growth of the Field of Operations Research
Growth of Systems Engineers
Comparisons with Similar Occupations
References
9. Key Contributions - Operations Research
Basic Contributions in Operations Research [1]
Army's Operations Research Office
Federally Funded R & D Centers
Military Matters
Key Contributors
Soft OR and Practice: Contributions of Founders
References
10. Key Contributions - Systems Engineering
Significant SE Standards and Guides
Contributions to Missile System developments
Systems Engineering Research Centers
Heuristics of Systems Engineering
Getting a Man to the Moon and Other Explorations
Contributions to Information Systems Engineering
Model-Based Systems Engineering
Methodology for Very Large-scale programs
Key Contributors
International Council of Systems Engineering
References
11. A Personal Journey
Recognizing Operations Research
Book Writing in Systems Engineering
12. Transformations
Transformation Number One - Method of Delivery (Online)
Transformation Number Two - Method of Delivery (Cohort-Based)
Transformation Number Three - Content
Transformation Number Four - Problem Solving
Transformation Number Five - Management
Transformation Number Six - "Elegant" Products
Transformation Number Seven - Architecting Systems Using Cost-Effectiveness Methods
Transformation Number Eight - Movement Toward Reusable Software Systems
Transformation Number Nine - Acceptance of Modular Systems Approach (MOSA)
Transformation Number Ten - Online Classes in Operations Research
Transformation Number Eleven - Content in OPERATIONS RESEARCH
Transformation Number Twelve - Analytics
Transformation Number Thirteen - Wide and Deep Programming
Transformation Number Fourteen - Optimization Theory
Transformation Number Fifteen - Road-mapping
Transformation Number Sixteen - Program Evaluation and Review Technique [16]
Transformation Number Seventeen - Digital Engineering [17]
References
13. Summary
Index
