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1 Overview of Systems Engineering |
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1.1 What is Systems Engineering? |
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1.2 What Makes a Good Systems Engineer? |
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1.3 How Does Systems Engineering Relate to Astronomical Telescopes and Observatories? |
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2 Systems Engineering Principles |
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2.1 Lifecycle and Development Framework |
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2.2 Architecture Development Models |
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2.3 Requirements Development and Management |
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3 Systems Engineering Tools |
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3.1 Process Context Diagrams |
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3.2 System Environmental Context Diagrams |
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4 Requirements Development and Management |
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5.2 Budget or Performance Tree |
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5.3 Distribution of Outcomes |
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5.3.1 Mean and variance of z |
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5.3.2 Calculating the probability of success |
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5.3.2.1 Chebychev and Cantelli inequalities |
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5.3.2.2 Central limit theorem |
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5.3.2.3 Direct calculation of p(z) |
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5.6 Appendix: Mathematical Background |
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5.6.1 Probability distribution functions |
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5.6.2 Mean and variance of the sum of two variables |
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5.7 Appendix: Proof of the Bienayme-Chebyshev Inequality |
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6 Mission-Architecture Concept Development |
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6.1 Design Reference Mission |
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6.2 Process of Successive Refinement |
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6.3 Successive Refinement Details to Support Orbit Options |
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6.4 Orbit Trade: Analytic Hierarchy Process |
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6.5 Observatory Configurations |
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6.7 Optical Performance Management |
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6.8 Role of Integrated Modeling |
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7 Concept-Development Example: Starshade |
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7.2 Detection of an Extra-Solar Planet: Defining the Problem |
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7.3 Terrestrial-Planet-Finding Mission Concepts in 2004 |
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7.4 Origins of the Starshade: Insurgent Solution |
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7.5 Diffraction Solution: CML 1 |
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7.6 CML 2: Contrast and IWA (circa 2006-2007) |
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7.7 CML 3: Developing the Concept (2008 to Present) |
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7.8 Starshade as a Pedagogical Example |
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8 Technical Skills Are Not Enough |
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8.2.1.1 Reports and documents |
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8.4.1 Set the right priorities for the SE team |
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8.5.1 Set the right cadence and lifespan for the problem |
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8.5.1.1 Working-or task-group charters |
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8.5.2 Know how to run a meeting |
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8.5.2.1 Establish an agenda or clear objective |
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8.5.2.3 Record action items |
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8.5.3 Polite, fair, and inclusive meetings are productive |
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8.5.4 Focus on the task at hand |
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8.9 The System Includes the People |
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| References |
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| Index |
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