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The Delft Systems Approach

Analysis and Design of Industrial Systems

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  • © 2008

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Authors:
  1. Hans P.M. Veeke

    1. Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering (3ME), Department of Marine and Transport Technology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands

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  2. Gabriël Lodewijks

    1. Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering (3ME), Department of Marine and Transport Technology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands

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  3. Jaap A. Ottjes

    1. Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering (3ME), Department of Marine and Transport Technology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands

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  • Describes a fundamental approach for analysing industrial systems, which emphasizes a concept that can be used by all disciplines involved, and makes a logical systematic combination of quantitative and qualitative modelling
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    Pages 1-8

  3. Systems Concepts

    Pages 9-28

  4. Case: The Flight Department

    Pages 29-57

  5. Models for the Structuring of Processes

    Pages 59-93

  6. Conceptual Model for the Analysis of Industrial Systems

    Pages 95-106

  7. Behaviour of a Function: The Process

    Pages 107-134

  8. The Case of the Ship Engine Factory

    Pages 135-146

  9. Policy and Performance

    Pages 147-168

  10. Model for the Innovation Process

    Pages 169-179

  11. The Design Process with the Conceptual Models

    Pages 181-196

  12. Case: The Automated Container Terminal

    Pages 197-220

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 221-223
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About this book

This book is a tribute to Prof. Jan in ‘t Veld, who is the real founder of the Delft Systems Approach. Until a few days before he died in 2005, he was working on the English translation of his successful book Analyse van Organisatie-problemen. The eighth edition of the book appeared in the Netherlands in 2002; it represents 50 years of experience, discussion and application of a systems approach that was gradually developed and sharply defined by him. About 85,000 copies of the book had been sold by then. Unfortunately he was not able to finish the translation. The writers of this book are convinced of the value of his approach and decided to finish his work. The chapters of the Dutch book that had already been translated (by A.M.P. O’Brien) are included here with only minor changes made to them (Chapts. 2, 3, 4, 7, 8 and 9). However, we extended the theory with a conceptual view of behaviour modelling, a view that was approved by in ‘t Veld himself. Besides this, in ‘t Veld started his work from a purely managerial viewpoint.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering (3ME), Department of Marine and Transport Technology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands

    Hans P.M. Veeke, Gabriël Lodewijks, Jaap A. Ottjes

About the authors

Hans P.M. Veeke, Jaap A. Ottjes and Gabriël Lodewijks all work for the Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands.

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