System notion and engineering of systems

Systems Engineering is a component of human intelligence that has the capability to invent solutions facing a problem, an opportunity or an original situation. It is the ultimate discipline that enables the creation of new ideas and their transformation into products, services and enterprises. Methods for engineering associated to system vision enable the coverage of the triptych "economics – skills – methods". This practical guideline presents an overview of the principles, concepts, activities, modelling techniques and methods to create a system. It distinguishes the domain of system from those of technologies such as mechanics, electronics, computing science, chemistry, ergonomic, etc., and shows the interactions. This volume, part of the series of books Engineering and Architecting Multidisciplinary Systems, is intended to professionals in charge to engineer complex or multidisciplinary systems, to professors and students of the discipline.