Systems Engineering: A 21st Century Systems Methodology

Hitchins, D. 2007. Systems Engineering: A 21st Century Systems Methodology. Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons.

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System Concepts

This book covers the scope of Systems Engineering, but looks at it from a System Science perspective rather than describing current Systems Engineering practice

Emergence

In particular, it considers the links between emergence, complexiy and system hierarchy.