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- Contains descriptions of basic systems approaches in systems engineering, system design, applied decision making.
- Describes several basic technological problems for composite (composable) systems on the basis of: design, improvement (adaptation, modification), multistage system design, system evaluation, combinatorial modelling of system development / evolution.
- Includes realistic applied examples for all the technological problems discussed.
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Decision Engineering (DECENGIN)
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Issues of Information Technology
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Front Matter
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Applied Systems Decisions
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Front Matter
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Educational Issues
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Front Matter
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About this book
Composite decisions consist of subdecisions and correspond to a composite system. This approach extends the traditional paradigm of decision making of Herbert A. Simon, i.e. choice of the best alternative(s), and realizes a two-stage solving scheme: (a) selection of alternatives as the best subdecisions/local decisions and (b) composition of these local decisions into a composite global decision, accounting for the quality of the local decisions and their compatibility.
This book describes an approach based on systems engineering and considered modular design of composite decisions. It describes basic systems approaches and examines basic ‘technological’ problems for composite systems (with applied examples), including: modular hierarchical design; multistage design and planning; redesign/improvement/adaptation; evaluation; and, combinatorial evolution/development.
Applied researchers, students, and practitioners will find this book of value. It will also interest mathematicians, computer scientists, economists and social engineers.
Authors and Affiliations
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Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Mark Sh. Levin
About the author
Dr. Mark Levin is currently a Senior Researcher for the Institute for Information Transmission Problems at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. His research interests include: combinatorial and systems engineering, combinatorial optimization, multi-criteria decision making, algorithms and procedures, applications, engineering/CS education. In his career he has taught in many different institutions including in more recent years: the Moscow Physical-Technical Institute (Univ.) and Ariel College in Israel.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Composite Systems Decisions
Authors: Mark Sh. Levin
Series Title: Decision Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-84628-080-X
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-84628-001-6Published: 02 December 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-84996-539-2Published: 14 March 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-84628-080-1Published: 30 May 2007
Series ISSN: 1619-5736
Series E-ISSN: 2197-6589
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 254
Number of Illustrations: 126 b/w illustrations
Topics: Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing, Engineering Design, Engineering, general, Computational Intelligence, Operations Research/Decision Theory, Information Systems and Communication Service