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008			151223s2011 maua ob 001 eng d
010			_z 2011002055 (print)
020			_a9780262303569 _qelectronic
020			_a9780262016230
020			_a9781613444115
020			_a1613444117
020			_a0262303566
020			_a0262016230
020			_z1613444117 _qelectronic
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-
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	_aManufacturing industries _xRisk management.
650		0	_aFlexible manufacturing systems.
650		0	_aEngineering economy.
650		0	_aModularity (Engineering)
650		0	_aEngineering design.
655		0	_aElectronic books.
700	1		_aScholtes, Stefan.
710	2		_aIEEE Xplore (Online Service), _edistributor.
710	2		_aMIT Press, _epublisher.
776	0	8	_iPrint version _z9780262016230
830		0	_aEngineering systems.
856	4	2	_3Abstract with links to resource _uhttp://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/bkabstractplus.jsp?bkn=6267551
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