Books by Andrew P. (George Mason University) Sage

This important book fills the need for a textbook on economic systems analysis and assessment, providing extensive coverage on various topics including microeconomic systems and assessment, cost effectiveness, cost estimation for software and systems, strategic investments, and valuation methods.

This is the only handbook available that focuses on the engineering and management techniques for building systems of all types from process, product line, and systems management perspectives. Its primary emphasis is on systems that are information technology and software intensive and that involve human and organizational elements.

This manual aims to address some of the fundamental considerations associated with the engineering of large scale systems. It examines systems methodology, management and system quality assurance, as well as a variety of systems design approaches, particularly those involving the human factor.

Systems engineering is management technology to assist and support the policy making , planning, decision making, resource allocation, and action deployment associated with large scale engineering systems. This book explores fundamental and introductory considerations associated with the engineering of large scale systems.