Systems, experts, and computers : the systems approach in management and engineering, World War II and after / edited by Agatha C. Hughes and Thomas P. Hughes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hughes, Agatha C.

Hughes, Thomas Parke.

Series:

Dibner Institute studies in the history of science and technology.

Dibner Institute studies in the history of science and technology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Systems engineering.

Expert systems (Computer science).

Management information systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 513 p.) : ill.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study charts the origins and spread of the systems movement. It describes the major players - including RAND, MITRE, Ramo-Wooldrige (later TRW), and the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis - and examines applications in a wide variety of military, government, civil, and engineering settings. The book is international in scope, describing the spread of systems thinking in France and Sweden. The story it tells helps to explain engineering thought and managerial practice during the last sixty years.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: AUTOMATION'S FINEST HOUR: RADAR AND SYSTEM

INTEGRATION IN WORLD WAR II 27

David A. Mindell THE ADOPTION OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH IN THE UNITED

STATES DURING WORLD WAR II 57

Erik P. Rau FROM CONCURRENCY TO PHASED PLANNING: AN EPISODE

IN THE HISTORY OF SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT 93

Stephen B. Johnson SYSTEM RESHAPES THE CORPORATION: JOINT VENTURES IN

THE BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM, 1962-1972 113

Glenn Bugos PLANNING A TECHNOLOGICAL NATION: SYSTEMS THINKING

AND THE POLITICS OF NATIONAL IDENTITY IN POSTWAR

FRANCE 133

Gabrielle Hecht A WORM IN THE BUD? COMPUTERS, SYSTEMS, AND THE

SAFETY-CASE PROBLEM 161

Donald MacKenzie ENGINEERS OR MANAGERS? THE SYSTEMS ANALYSIS OF

ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING IN THE FEDERAL

BUREAUCRACY 191

Atsushi Akera

THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE, OR HOW CONTEXT

MATTERS: THE RAND CORPORATION BUILDS AN

ECONOMICS OF INNOVATION, 1946-1962 255

David A. Hounshell OUT OF THE BLUE YONDER: THE TRANSFER OF SYSTEMS

THINKING FROM THE PENTAGON TO THE GREAT SOCIETY,

1961-1965 311

David R. Jardini THE LIMITS OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER: CIVIL SYSTEMS AT

TRW, 1965-1975 359

Davis Dyer FROM OPERATIONS RESEARCH TO FUTURES STUDIES: THE

ESTABLISHMENT, DIFFUSION, AND TRANSFORMATION OF THE

SYSTEMS APPROACH IN SWEDEN, 1945-1980 385

Arne Kaijser and Joar Tiberg THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS

ANALYSIS, THE TAP PROJECT, AND THE RAINS

MODEL 413

Harvey Brooks and Alan McDonald RAND, IIASA, AND THE CONDUCT OF SYSTEMS

ANALYSIS 433

Roger E. Levien How A GENETIC CODE BECAME AN INFORMATION

SYSTEM 463

Lily E. Kay NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 493 INDEX 497.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-262-27587-2

0-585-43677-0

OCLC:

51938329

Publisher Number:

9780262082853