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Models for effective analysis of systems: An industrial case study

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  • Margaret Myers
  • Agnes Kaposi
  • Carol Britton
  • John Kaposi

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This article introduces Product/process (P/p) modeling: a generic method suitable for describing situations and solving problems in many fields from technical to managerial and organizational. P/p modeling operates at the boundary between human cognition and technical specification, an area of particular interest in systems engineering. We show how P/p modeling can highlight and clarify important aspects of the systems engineering process in general, and then illustrate our claims for the method by a specific example taken from industrial practice. Using P/p modeling, the paper identifies explicitly the differences between “hard” processes, such as those used in classical engineering, and “soft” processes, found in new fields, such as business and system development. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Syst Eng 4: 76–85, 2001

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  • Margaret Myers & Agnes Kaposi & Carol Britton & John Kaposi, 2001. "Models for effective analysis of systems: An industrial case study," Systems Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 4(1), pages 76-85.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:syseng:v:4:y:2001:i:1:p:76-85
    DOI: 10.1002/1520-6858(2001)4:13.0.CO;2-#
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