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Systems Engineering and Its Application to Industrial Product Development

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Many definitions of the Systems Engineering are proposed, and analyzing some differences between them help to highlight contents and open issues, as they are described in this chapter. Nevertheless, a short historical outline could be helpful in appreciating some characteristics of this methodology, which are even more detailed by a wide literature, herein briefly described. Furthermore, an overview of technical standards dealing with the Systems Engineering is added, to define a roadmap for a deeper education in this field.

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  1. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy

    Eugenio Brusa

  2. Institute of Ergonomics, Manufacturing Systems and Automation, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität, Magdeburg, Germany

    Ambra Calà

  3. Siemens AG Corporate Technology, Erlangen, Germany

    Ambra Calà

  4. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy

    Davide Ferretto

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Brusa, E., Calà, A., Ferretto, D. (2018). The Systems Engineering. In: Systems Engineering and Its Application to Industrial Product Development. Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, vol 134. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71837-8_2

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