When Systems Engineering Fails-toward Complex Systems Engineering. Bar-Yam, Y. In Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2003. IEEE International Conference On, volume 2, pages 2021-2028 vol.2. IEEE / New England Complex Syst. Inst., Cambridge, MA, USA.
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We review the lessons learned from problems with systems engineering over the past couple of decades and suggest that there are two effective strategies for overcoming them: (1) restricting the conventional systems engineering process to not-too-complex projects, and (2) adopting an evolutionary paradigm for complex systems engineering that involves rapid parallel exploration and a context designed to promote change through competition between design/implementation groups with field testing of multiple variants. The second approach is an extension of many of the increasingly popular variants of systems engineering today.
@inproceedings{bar-yamWhenSystemsEngineering2003,
  title = {When Systems Engineering Fails-toward Complex Systems Engineering},
  booktitle = {Systems, {{Man}} and {{Cybernetics}}, 2003. {{IEEE International Conference}} On},
  author = {Bar-Yam, Y.},
  date = {2003-10},
  volume = {2},
  pages = {2021-2028 vol.2},
  publisher = {{IEEE / New England Complex Syst. Inst., Cambridge, MA, USA}},
  issn = {1062-922X},
  doi = {10.1109/icsmc.2003.1244709},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSMC.2003.1244709},
  abstract = {We review the lessons learned from problems with systems engineering over the past couple of decades and suggest that there are two effective strategies for overcoming them: (1) restricting the conventional systems engineering process to not-too-complex projects, and (2) adopting an evolutionary paradigm for complex systems engineering that involves rapid parallel exploration and a context designed to promote change through competition between design/implementation groups with field testing of multiple variants. The second approach is an extension of many of the increasingly popular variants of systems engineering today.},
  isbn = {0-7803-7952-7},
  keywords = {*imported-from-citeulike-INRMM,~INRMM-MiD:c-1286619,complexity,evolutionary-techniques,genetic-algorithms,modularization,software-engineering,system-engineering},
  series = {Systems, {{Man}} and {{Cybernetics}}, 2003. {{IEEE International Conference}} On}
}

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