System Engineering

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Department of Transport Telematics

Synopsis:

Enhanced system definition in engineering tasks, specification of selected system types against related tools of system analysis and design, refinement of selected types of system engineering tasks, definition of system strategy, connection to science-based methodological basics of transport, strategic thinking processes, strategic management system, context of sustainable development.

Requirements:

basic knowledge of mathematics

routine knowledge of system analysis

Syllabus of lectures:

1. What is System Engineering - different approaches, explanation of the concept of the course

2. Concepts of methodology, science, theory, motivations for the creation of engineering, methodological principles of engineering, system concept, overview of Systems Analysis

3. System definition, history of Systems engineering

4. System identity,

5. System competence and ethics

6. System model, basic standards of System Engineering

7. Theory of order of effect, process approach to system engineering

8. Theory of knowledge

9. Production function, System engineering from the point of quality manatement

10. Artificial intelligence

11. Types of systems, examples of important types of systems

12. Soft systems

13. Overview of the basics of sustainable development, summary

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Mutual introduction, motivation for the subject, preferences for using different approaches

2. Assignment of seminary project, examples of various topics

3. Example of identification of systems, presentation of the system structure of individual students

4. Presentation of the system structure of individual students

5. Comparison of historical and modern systems engineering tasks

6. Identity, competence and ethics of the system

7. ISO processes on the example of a system

8. Different ways of recording processes

9. Presentation of various methodologies by students

10. Soft methods - rich picture

11. Examples of the application of soft methods - student presentations

12. Meta approaches. NIMSAD methodology

13. Assessment test

Study Objective:

To understand the essence of holistic thinking, to master the projection of system analysis tools into engineering tasks, to control and design systems, to classify concepts and system access tools for common solutions to practical tasks.

Study materials:

Vlčková V.: Kudy tudy systémovým inženýrstvím, ČVUT, Praha 2010

Vlček J. (post mortem): Znalostní inženýrství, NNW, Praha 2003

Vlček J.: Systémové inženýrství, Praha, ČVUT, 1999

Petr J.: Projektování systémů. ČVUT, Praha 1992

Novák M., Votruba Z., Šebesta V.: Bezpečnost a spolehlivost systémů, skripta ČVUT, 2003

Novák M., Faber J.,Votruba

James Robertson, Suzanne Robertson. Complete Systems Analysis. Dorset House, 1998 - in the CTU library

INCOSE. Systems engineering handbook - a guide for system life cycle processes and activities. Wiley. 2017 - online in the CTU library

Joseph Eli Kasser. Systems Engineering: A Systemic and Systematic Methodology for Solving Complex Problems. 2020 - online in the CTU library

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Master Full-Time IS (CS) from 2022/23 (compulsory course)
• Master Full-Time IS (CS) from 2023/24 (compulsory course)