This senior- to graduate-level text provides a comprehensive introduction to applied systems analysis, emphasizing engineering economics and operations research from the engineer's point of view. It incorporates techniques and concepts most often used in practice to help students and practitioners apply systems analysis successfully and productively. The topics of optimization and evaluation are discussed with a special focus on formulating problems correctly, determining the proper analysis method to use, translating the mathematical results into improved design, and identifying optimal strategies in long-term projects.
- ISBN13 9780070163720
- Publish Date 30 April 1990
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 September 1999
- Publish Country US
- Publisher McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
- Imprint McGraw-Hill Professional
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 496
- Language English