Systems Engineering: What And Why?

INTRODUCTION
The fundamental principal of system engineering is for application of development of complex system .Topics include requirements analysis, concept definition, system synthesis, design tradeoffs, risk assessment, interface definition, engineering design, system integration, and related systems engineering activities. The course defines the breadth and depth of the knowledge that the systems engineer must acquire concerning the characteristics of the diverse components that constitute the total.

1. WHAT IS SYSTEM ENGINEERING

Systems Engineering is a subject that has developed relatively recently. Its main aim is to consider engineering systems as a whole rather than just to concentrate on one particular component within them. Systems Engineering in robotics. Autonomous self-assembly of modules gives new form and function to solve previously impossible problems. Systems engineering is a methodical, disciplined approach for the design, realization, technical management, operations, and retirement of a system. A system is a construct or collection of different elements that together produce results not obtainable by the elements alone. This aim arises from the fact that almost everything around us that we use daily is a relatively complex system made up of a number of different components, which are likely to include mechanical components, electronic components, computer hardware/software and possibly other components as well.To try to explain in a little more detail, Systems Engineering covers the mathematical modelling, design and analysis of systems, concentrating particularly on how the different components in a system fit together and ensuring that the system is designed such that all components interact together in an efficient way.

2. WHY SYSTEM ENGINEERING

System engineering have methods and tools that enable faculty and students to model, design, analyze, and optimize human-made and physical systems within a broad array of applications. SE methodologies usually account for such real-world complexities as uncertainty, constraints, multiple objectives, and the relationships among the various parts or subsystems that constitute the system being studied This, in turn, is driving the need for more sophisticated SE methods to manage this complex and interconnected world. Thus, Systems Engineering cuts across the traditional engineering departments as a discipline that enables
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building, analyzing, or managing a system be it electrical, mechanical, chemical, biological or one involving business processes and logistics. Methodological approaches involving mathematical or computer simulation models, designing feedback controllers, dealing with uncertainty and risk, or optimizing performance are universal and demand skills that the Systems Engineer can provide.

Fig 1 System engineering linear life cycle

Fig 2: Shows system engineering process

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3. SUMMARY
The process provides an increasing level of descriptive detail of products and processes with each system engineering process application. The output of each application is the input to the next process application. The system engineering process is the engine that drives the balanced development of system and processes applied to each level of development, one level at a time.

4. BIBLIOGRAPHY
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5. RECOMMENDED ONLINE RESOURCES

www.usma.edu/se/sitepages/systems%20engineering.asp .sie.ari ona.edu sysengr hatis hatis.html www.incose.org/practice/whatissystemseng.asp www.kitchensoap.com/2011/07/18/systems-engineering-great-definition

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