Designing materials for targeted performance requirements as required in Integrated
Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) demands a combined strategy of bottom–up …

This paper aims to advance the pedagogy of systems engineering by identifying
opportunities and challenges in empirical research in the field. After an introduction to how …

This book presents analytical methods for modeling and measuring uncertainty in the cost of
engineering systems. This includes the treatment of correlation between the cost of system …

Whether they know it or not, everything designers do influences cost issues, which can be
crucial for success on the market. Providing key support, research in design for cost aims to …

Although technology and productivity has changed much of engineering, many topics are
still taught in very similarly to how they were taught in the 70s. Using a new approach to …

This paper presents quantitative results on the return on investment of systems engineering
(SE‐ROI) from an analysis of the 161 software projects in the COCOMO II database. The …

This article provides a process for system architecting that incorporates a holistic approach
for architecture design space characterization by integrating decision alternatives in …

Estimating the cost and schedule of agile software projects is critical at an early phase to
establish baseline budgets and schedules for the selection of competitive bidders. The …

The rise of the information age and the digital economy has dramatically changed
engineering and other technology-driven fields. With tremendous advances in computing …

In project management, effective cost estimation is one of the most crucial activities to
efficiently manage resources by predicting the required cost to fulfill a given task. However …