The Logbook, A Publication of the Wayne E. Meyer Institute of Systems Engineering / December 2003

www.nps.navy.mil/meyerinstitute Email:[email protected] Phone:(831) 656-7847 Fax:(831) 656-2336 Naval Postgraduate School, 777 Dyer Rd., Mail Code 97, Monterey, CAArticles including: Systems Analysis Certificate Program Takes Off! etc.Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, C

Naval Postgraduate School, Wayne E. Meyer Institute of Systems Engineering: Opportunities for Continuing Learning and Research

Overview of integrated systems approach to education at NPS, a 2004 presentation to a Marines group

Systems Engineering in an Age of Complexity

The article of record as published may be located at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sys.10054This paper considers the creation of Complex Engineered Systems (CESs) and the Systems Engineering approach by which they are designed. The changing nature of the challenges facing Systems Engineering is discussed, with particular focus on the increasing complexity of modern systems. It is argued that modern complexity poses a major challenge to our ability to achieve successful systems and that this complexity must be understood, predicted and measured if we are to engineer systems confidently. We acknowledge previous work which concluded that, in complex systems, failures (“accidents”) may be inevitable and unavoidable. To further explore potential tools for increasing our confidence in complex systems, we review research in the field of Complexity Theory to seek potentially useful approaches and measures and find ourselves particularly interested in the potential usefulness of relationships between the magnitudes of events and their frequency of occurrence. Complexity Theory is found to have characterized naturally occurring systems and to potentially be the source of profitable application to the systems engineering challenge, viz., the creation of complex engineered systems. We are left with the tentative conclusion that truly complex systems, with our present understanding of complex behavior, cannot be designed with a degree of confidence that is acceptable given our current expectations. We recommend that the discipline of systems engineering must investigate this issue as a matter of priority and urgency and seek to develop approaches to respond to the challenge

The Expeditionary Warfare Integrated Project

Brief for Chief of Naval Operations - To provide a glimpse, in a few minutes, of our results, to hint at methodology used and to demonstrate the value of such student/faculty studies for educational and "real world" purposes

The Logbook, A Publication of the Wayne E. Meyer Institute of Systems Engineering / September 2003

www.nps.navy.mil/meyerinstitute Email:[email protected] Phone:(831) 656-7847 Fax:(831) 656-2336 Naval Postgraduate School, 777 Dyer Rd., Mail Code 97, Monterey, CAArticles include: Research Update, Meyers Institute Opens New UV Lab, NPS Poised Render UV Tactical Planning Assistance.Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, C

The Logbook, A Publication of the Wayne E. Meyer Institute of Systems Engineering / January 2004

www.nps.navy.mil/meyerinstitute Email:[email protected] Phone:(831) 656-7847 Fax:(831) 656-2336 Naval Postgraduate School, 777 Dyer Rd., Mail Code 97, Monterey, CAArticles include: Expeditionary Warfare Force Protection and December 2003 Award WinnersNaval Postgraduate School, Monterey, C

The Logbook, A Publication of the Wayne E. Meyer Institute of Systems Engineering / April 2004

www.nps.navy.mil/meyerinstitute Email:[email protected] Phone:(831) 656-7847 Fax:(831) 656-2336 Naval Postgraduate School, 777 Dyer Rd., Mail Code 97, Monterey, CAArticles include: USAF Center for Systems Engineering and Meyer Institute Research Project Aids Joint Intelligence System InteroperabilityNaval Postgraduate School, Monterey, C

The Logbook, A Publication of the Wayne E. Meyer Institute of Systems Engineering / December 2003

www.nps.navy.mil/meyerinstitute Email:[email protected] Phone:(831) 656-7847 Fax:(831) 656-2336 Naval Postgraduate School, 777 Dyer Rd., Mail Code 97, Monterey, CAArticles including: Systems Analysis Certificate Program Takes Off! etc.Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, C

The Logbook, A Publication of the Wayne E. Meyer Institute of Systems Engineering / November 2003

www.nps.navy.mil/meyerinstitute Email:[email protected] Phone:(831) 656-7847 Fax:(831) 656-2336 Naval Postgraduate School, 777 Dyer Rd., Mail Code 97, Monterey, CAArticles include: Sea Based Force Protection, MSSE Capstone Projects,Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, C

The Logbook, A Publication of the Wayne E. Meyer Institute of Systems Engineering / October 2003

www.nps.navy.mil/meyerinstitute Email:[email protected] Phone:(831) 656-7847 Fax:(831) 656-2336 Naval Postgraduate School, 777 Dyer Rd., Mail Code 97, Monterey, CAArticles including: "Opportunistic Arrays" Antennas Designed to Fit the Available Space, Systems Engineering Management - Product Development for the 21st Centry (SEM-PD21) Program Update.Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, C