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645.771 System of Systems Engineering

This course addresses the special engineering problems associated with conceiving, developing, and operating systems composed of groups of complex systems closely linked to function as integral entities. The course will start with the underlying fundamentals of systems' requirements, design, test and evaluation, and deployment, and how they are altered in the multi-system environment. These topics will then be extended to information flow and system interoperability, confederated modeling and simulation, use of commercial off-the-shelf elements, and systems engineering collaboration between different organizations. Advanced principles of information fusion, causality theory with Bayesian networks, and capability dependencies will be explored. Several case studies will be discussed for specific military system of systems, including missile defense and combatant vehicle design, as well as selected commercial examples.

Prerequisites: MS in Systems Engineering or advisor approval.

Spring 2010 Course Schedule

The current scheduled offerings for this course for the Spring 2010 term are listed below.

Systems Engineering

Crystal City (more info)

645.771.38 System of Systems Engineering  (Open)
TH 5:30PM - 8:10PM
01/28/2010 - 05/06/2010 $2,750 Fidler, C.

Dorsey Center (more info)

645.771.91 System of Systems Engineering  (Open)
M 4:30PM - 7:10PM
01/25/2010 - 05/03/2010 Room: D208 $2,750 Montoya, M.

Online

645.771.81 System of Systems Engineering  (Open)
01/25/2010 - 05/08/2010 $2,750 Biemer, S.