Model-oriented Systems Engineering Science

The field of systems engineering (SE) is at a juncture in its history where it needs to strengthen and extend its methods to support its expanding scope. This book addresses the issue, lays out a recommended direction for the future, and provides a unified basis for moving toward a mature discipline with the expanded scope. The author's approach is to build on the strengths of traditional SE, remedy the weaknesses, add elements that address the expanded scope, and unify all elements on a common foundation. The book addresses the systems that will be most prevalent from this point on, namely, systems characterized as a combination of traditional and complex, mechanistic and organic, natural and artificial.