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008			151223s2011 maua ob 001 eng d
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020			_a9781613444115
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035			_a(CaBNVSL)mat06267551
035			_a(IDAMS)0b000064818b45af
040			_aCaBNVSL _beng _erda _cCaBNVSL _dCaBNVSL
050		4	_aTA174 _b.N496 2011eb
100	1		_aDe Neufville, Richard, _d1939- _923411
245	1	0	_aFlexibility in engineering design / _cRichard de Neufville and Stefan Scholtes.
264		1	_aCambridge, Massachusetts : _bMIT Press, _cc2011.
264		2	_a[Piscataqay, New Jersey] : _bIEEE Xplore, _c[2011]
300			_a1 PDF (xvi, 293 pages) : _billustrations.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aelectronic _2isbdmedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aEngineering systems
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [283]-287) and index.
505	0		_aHigh-level overview -- Methods of analysis.
506	1		_aRestricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.
520			_aProject teams can improve results by recognizing that the future is inevitably uncertain and that by creating flexible designs they can adapt to eventualities. This approach enables them to take advantage of new opportunities and avoid harmful losses. Designers of complex, long-lasting projects--such as communication networks, power plants, or hospitals--must learn to abandon fixed specifications and narrow forecasts. They need to avoid the "flaw of averages," the conceptual pitfall that traps so many designs in underperformance. Failure to allow for changing circumstances risks leaving significant value untapped. This book is a guide for creating and implementing value-enhancing flexibility in design. It will be an essential resource for all participants in the development and operation of technological systems: designers, managers, financial analysts, investors, regulators, and academics. The book provides a high-level overview of why flexibility in design is needed to deliver significantly increased value. It describes in detail methods to identify, select, and implement useful flexibility. The book is unique in that it explicitly recognizes that future outcomes are uncertain. It thus presents forecasting, analysis, and evaluation tools especially suited to this reality. Appendixes provide expanded explanations of concepts and analytic tools.
530			_aAlso available in print.
538			_aMode of access: World Wide Web
588			_aDescription based on PDF viewed 12/23/2015.
650		0	_aEngineering economy. _99006
650		0	_aModularity (Engineering) _910846
650		0	_aEngineering design. _93802
650		0	_aManufacturing industries _xRisk management. _923412
650		0	_aFlexible manufacturing systems. _923413
655		0	_aElectronic books. _93294
700	1		_aScholtes, Stefan. _923414
710	2		_aIEEE Xplore (Online Service), _edistributor. _923415
710	2		_aMIT Press, _epublisher. _923416
776	0	8	_iPrint version _z9780262016230
830		0	_aEngineering systems. _923315
856	4	2	_3Abstract with links to resource _uhttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/bkabstractplus.jsp?bkn=6267551
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