Handbook of Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety in Engineering Design - Part 55 studies the combination of various methods of designing for reliability, availability, maintainability and safety, as well as the latest techniques in probability and possibility modelling, mathematical algorithmic modelling, evolutionary algorithmic modelling, symbolic logic modelling, artificial intelligence modelling, and object-oriented computer modelling, in a logically structured approach to determining the integrity of engineering design. . | Review Exercises and References 523 68. Consider a steady-state solution to the availability Petri net model. 69. Explain complex systems theory. 70. Discuss systems engineering and complex systems theory. 71. Consider the application and significance of systems engineering in engineering design. 72. Briefly discuss complexity in engineering design and its significance in systems engineering. 73. Give a brief account of the functions of systems engineering analysis. 74. Describe reliability block diagrams RBDs and availability block diagrams ABDs and indicate their fundamental differences. 75. Consider effectiveness measures in systems engineering and their significance in engineering design. 76. Give a brief account of evaluating complexity in engineering design. 77. Define complexity in systems design. 78. Describe various system state definitions and evaluating complexity of the different state definitions. 79. Define complicatedness in systems design. 80. Describe complexity in systems and complicatedness as a function of complexity in designing for complex but uncomplicated systems. References Ajmone Marsan M Balbo G Conte G Donatelli S Franceschinis G 1995 Modelling with generalised stochastic Petri nets. Wiley New York Alfredsson P Wââk O 1999 Constant vs. non-constant failure rates some misconceptions with respect to practical applications. Systecon AB Stockholm Ayres RU 1988 Complexity reliability and design manufacturing implications. Manufacturing Rev 1 1 26-35 Barringer PH 1998 Life cycle cost and good practices. In NPRA Maintenance Conf May San Antonio TX Barringer PH Weber DP 1996 Life cycle cost tutorial. Fifth Int Conf Process Plant Reliability Gulf Houston TX Batill SM Renaud JE Xiaoyu Gu 2000 Modeling and simulation uncertainty in multidisciplinary design optimization. In AIAA-2000-4803 8th AIAA NASA USAF ISSMO Symp Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics California September pp 5-8 Bing G
