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100 1 $aMyers, Margaret.
245 12 $aA first systems book :$btechnology and management /$cby Margaret Myers, Agnes Kaposi.
250 $a2nd ed.
260 $aLondon :$bImperial College Press,$c©2004.
300 $a1 online resource (ix, 213 pages) :$billustrations
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505 0 $aIntro; A First Systems Book Technology and Management; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 Systems approach to problem solving; The contract; The customer; The supplier; The problem solvers; 1.2 Systems approach to communication; Communication in problem solving; Communication in and around a project; The message; Conveying the message; Say it in words; Say it in pictures; Say it in mathematics; Say it with measures; The language of the P/p methodology; 1.3 The P/p methodology; 1.4 This book; 1.5 Summary; 1.6 Exercises; Chapter 2 Key concepts; 2.1 Definitions
505 8 $a2.2 Entity and referent2.3 Referents and their representations; Referent, representation, modelling; 2.4 Referents and their environment; 2.5 System; Defining 'system'; Dilemma: Is everything a system?; Interpreting the definition of 'system'; Classifying systems; 2.6 Black box system; Attribute, measure, model; 2.7 Structural system; 2.8 Product; 2.9 Process; 2.10 P/p graph; 2.11 Summary; 2.12 Exercises; Chapter 3 Modelling; 3.1 Representation; Descriptive representations; Predictive representations; Prescriptive representations; 3.2 Means of communication; Diagrams; Formal notations; Graphs
505 8 $a3.3 ModelsIndependent and interdependent attributes; 3.4 The modelling process; 3.5 Summary; 3.6 Exercises; Chapter 4 Systems; 4.1 Investigating the notion of 'system'; 4.2 System -- formal definition; Sets and systems; Finite systems; The element set of the system; Autonomy of the black box system; Hierarchy of the structural system; The interrelationship set of the system; Using the formal system definition; 4.3 Black box systems; 4.4 Structural systems; Tree representation of structural systems; The relationship set in structural systems; 4.5 Specification, validation and verification
505 8 $a4.6 Constructivity4.7 Summary; 4.8 Exercises; Chapter 5 Measures; Measurement as comparison; Measurement types; 5.1 Symbol sets, symbol systems and types; Symbol set; Symbol system; Symbol system types; 5.2 Measurement, scale types, scales, scaling transformations; The nominal scale; Scaling transformation; Representation of classification; Some comments; The Ordinal Scale; Scaling transformation; The Interval scale; Scaling transformation; The Ratio scale; Scaling transformation; The Absolute Scale; Other scales; 5.3 Obtaining measurement values; Direct measures; Indirect measures
505 8 $aObject centred measuresUtility measures; 5.4 General obligations of the measurer; 5.5 Measurement in practice; Purposefulness; Meaningfulness; Accuracy; Repeatability; Concluding remarks; 5.6 Summary; 5.7 Exercises; Chapter 6 Black box systems; 6.1 Modelling the characteristics of the referent; Modelling an individual characteristic; Formalizing the model of the characteristic; 6.2 The attribute set of the black box system; 6.3 The relationship set of the black box system; 6.4 Modelling classes of referents; 6.5 Black box systems and measurement hierarchy; 6.6 Summary; 6.7 Exercises
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