Title :
The measures of a system-performance, life-cycle cost, system effectiveness, or what?
Author :
Blanchard, Benjamin S.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Eng., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA
Abstract :
It is argued that the true measures of a system include many different factors relating to technical performance, system effectiveness, life-cycle cost, supportability, etc. All of these factors, as applicable, must be considered on an integrated basis, and must be addressed early in the system design process. Otherwise, as in the past, many of the systems being developed will be found to not meet the intended requirements, nor be cost-effective in terms of customer utilization
Keywords :
design engineering; economics; systems analysis; cost effectiveness; customer utilization; life-cycle cost; supportability; system design; Availability; Costs; Educational institutions; Humans; Procurement; Production facilities; Production systems; System performance;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace and Electronics Conference, 1988. NAECON 1988., Proceedings of the IEEE 1988 National
Conference_Location :
Dayton, OH
DOI :
10.1109/NAECON.1988.195193
