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Problem-solving : leaning on new thinking skills / Howard Eisner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eisner, Howard, 1935- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Problem solving.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (163 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Boca Raton ; London ; New York : CRC Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "This book presents various methods of problem-solving that can be adapted to any field. It focuses on a set of a dozen new approaches with an ending result to finding better solutions to problems that you may have previously found difficult. The book discusses problem-solving based upon new thinking skills and presents the relationship between problem-solving and creativity. A connection between problem-solving and re-engineering is presented as the book explores the ability to tackle new and difficult problems in all aspects of life. Target audience is general engineers, systems engineers, scientists, technologists, mathematicians, and lawyers"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Author
- 1 The Nature of Problem-Solving
- Five Large-Scale Problems
- Predatory Pricing
- Getting Through College
- The Climate Issue
- Cybersecurity
- The Crisis in IT (Information Technology)
- Problems from the Author's Experience
- Problems for the Systems Engineer
- Top Department of Defense (DoD) Management Problems
- Overall Concept of This Treatise
- Generic Stepwise Approach to Problem-Solving
- Solving Problems is Our Primary Focus
- Thinking Supports
- Exercises
- References
- 2 Thinking as a Corporate Culture
- Thinking as Necessary in Problem-Solving
- The Learning Organization
- Moving on to Hewlett-Packard
- Design Thinking - Change by Design
- Annual Reports
- Xerox
- Amazon
- Microsoft
- SAS (Institute)
- Northrop Grumman
- Alphabet (Google)
- Intel
- Lockheed Martin
- Apple
- General Dynamics
- Raytheon
- Leidos
- Themes
- 3 The Power of the Idea
- Innovation Revisited
- Better Idea Stories
- Netflix
- IBM: Watson, Sr. and Jr
- Google (Alphabet)
- Oracle
- SAS
- FedEx
- A Group of Generic "Problems" and "Solutions"
- Blockbuster and Netflix
- Industry and the DoD
- What Business Are We In?
- IBM and Microsoft
- Dr. Deming and Japan and the US
- Xerox PARC and Steve Jobs
- Saul Steinberg and Leasco
- Coke/Classic Coke, Old Taste
- Good Idea, Failed Follow-Through
- Acronym for the Individual with Potentially Better Idea
- 4 Approaches to Problem-Solving
- The "N step" Disciplines
- Technical Decomposition/Reductionist
- Modeling and Simulation
- Lateral Thinking and (Lateral) Problem-Solving
- Total Systems Intervention
- Generalized/Systems Approach
- Design Approach.
- Expert Systems
- Definitive Mathematics and Statistics-Based Methods
- Statistics-Based Approach
- DoD-Suggested
- How is That for Out-of-the-Box Thinking?
- Decision Support Systems
- Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
- 5 Think Tanks and Problem-Solving
- Federally Funded R&
- D Centers
- Systems Engineering Research Centers
- The MITRE Corporation
- MITRE Awards over the Years
- The Aerospace Corporation
- The RAND Corporation
- ANSER
- IDA
- CNA
- Energy National Labs
- 6 Specific Problems and Their Solutions
- The Coin Weighing Problem
- Types of Algorithms
- The Kalman Filter
- The Minimum Computer Step Problem
- The Matchstick Problem
- The Efficient Message Coding Problem
- The River-Crossing Problem
- Parameter Dependency Diagramming
- The National Aviation System
- A Radar Submodel
- An Optimal Search
- Laplace and Fourier Transforms
- Lagrange Multipliers
- Allocation of Requirements Errors
- A Walk in the Park
- The Bottom Line
- 7 Great Thinkers and Problem-Solvers
- Selected Thinkers and Problem-Solvers and How They Thought
- Da Vinci
- Einstein
- Newton
- Descartes
- Feynman
- Edison
- Russell
- Hawking
- Franklin
- Jefferson
- Socrates
- Saint Augustine
- Aristotle
- Plato
- Darwin
- 8 Artificial Intelligence
- The DoD Artificial Intelligence Center
- The JAIC and AI Technology
- Seeing the Forest and the Trees
- Overview of Expert Systems
- The State of AI in the Enterprise
- A Research Agenda
- The Future of AI
- 9 Group Problem-Solving
- GroupThink
- The DoD and Group Thinking
- Group Decision Support Systems (Software)
- Commercial Decision Support Systems
- Collaborative Software Systems.
- Self-organizing and High-Performance Groups
- 10 Miscellany
- Innovation
- Innovation in Colleges and Companies
- Fordham Survey
- America's Innovation Strategy
- Problem-Solving Strategies
- Vision 2030
- DARPA
- The Eight Disciplines
- The Lemelson Center
- Military Design Thinking
- Appreciative Inquiry
- Grounded Theory
- Morphological Analysis
- The 2 × 2 Matrix
- Synectics
- Problem-Solving and Re-engineering
- Cost Effectiveness
- Cost Assessment Data Enterprise
- Measures of Effectiveness
- MOEs for a Communications System
- MOEs for a Transportation System
- Leontief Model
- Commentary on Systems of Systems
- Problem-Solving by Reduced Clock Speed
- George Washington University Class Using "Thinking" as Textbook
- Courses Meet via Blackboard Collaborate Ultra
- 11 Summary
- Twelve Problem-Solving Approaches
- Twelve Thinking Approaches
- Another Twelve Thinking Approaches
- Appendix A: A Dozen Additional Ways of Thinking
- Appendix B: Acronyms
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-00-316061-1
- 1-003-16061-1
- 1-000-39596-0
- 9781003160618
- OCLC:
- 1251447711
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