Nature of an Engineered System: Illustrated from Engineering Artefacts and Complex Systems

Hillary Sillitto ()
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Chapter 36 in Handbook of Systems Sciences, 2021, pp 983-1039 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract An engineered system is a system deliberately designed or adapted to interact with the operational environment to achieve an intended purpose while complying with applicable constraints. This chapter describes the nature of engineered systems illustrated with examples ranging from engineered artifacts to complex systems of systems. It makes clear the distinction between physical and conceptual systems and the importance of both in the Systems Engineering required to conceive, realize, deploy, operate, and retire effective engineered systems. It pays particular attention to the issues involved in integration of “hard” and “soft” aspects of engineered systems to create effective and beneficial socio-technical systems, with the goal of providing maximum value while avoiding or minimizing harm and other unintended negative consequences.

Keywords: Engineered system; Physical system; Conceptual system; Hard and soft systems; Emergence; Capability; Systems of systems; Product; Service; Enterprise; Cyber-physical systems; Systems engineering; Systems architecture; Systems architecting; Infrastructure; Biomimicry; Complex systems; Ultra-large-scale systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-0720-5_17

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