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There seem to be two fundamental schisms in thinking: the hard/soft and the open/closed.

— Derek Hitchins Putting systems to work (1992)

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System engineering is the art and science of creating effective systems, using whole system, whole life principles.

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For continued system cohesion, the mean rate of system adaptation must equal or exceed the mean rate of change of environment.

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The Holy Grail of systems engineering, a generic systems methodology has been the subject of the author’s ongoing research for over 20 years.

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