The system design process can incorporate linear thinking, parallel thinking, or both, depending on the nature of the anticipated system, subsystem, or element of a subsystem. The structure, ...

Integrated electronic control systems are proliferating in todays automobiles. Each model year sees the introduction of more advanced systems to meet consumer demand for vehicles that are not only ...

How model-based systems engineering (MBSE) has improved system design. Thermal design and MBE come together. When considering systems-level design, it’s important to understand the criticality of the ...

Jim Ledin and Mike Dickens explain the advantages of automated code-generation technology. Over the past few years, use of block-diagram-based tools has become the preferred method for modeling and ...

In this paper, we consider a multiproduct two-echelon production-inventory-distribution system design model that captures risk-pooling effects by consolidating the safety-stock inventory of the ...

Information technology (IT) value remains a serious concern of management today, especially how it should be measured and how it is created. Although we have made significant progress at the firm and ...