Course Description:
Emphasis is placed on the systems analysis process as the rational basis for developing optimum products consistent with customer requirements. Specific topics include requirements analysis, effectiveness analysis, operational analysis, environmental analysis, and life cycle analysis. Modeling and optimization techniques are introduced as necessary.
Course Goals:
To provide students with an understanding of systems analysis and optimization as a basis for product and service engineering and development decisions based on tradeoffs involving multiple alternatives and uncertainty, for application in industry and government as well as in other engineering courses.
Recent Instructor:
Dr. Jerrell Stracener
Prerequisites:
EMIS 7300 or permission from instructor
Availability:
Campus, DVD, Video Tape, NTU
Course Textbook:
Benjamin S. Blanchard and Walter J. Fabrycky, Systems Engineering and Analysis, Prentice Hall, 3rd edition 1998, ISBN 0-13-135047-1
