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Galli BJ. Thoughts of Using Economic Decision-Making to Systems Engineering and Systems Thinking. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEM DYNAMICS APPLICATIONS 2019. [DOI: 10.4018/ijsda.2019070101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
System engineering is an art that tries to capture the requirements that are imposed by stakeholders. Economic decision-making is an essential tool for systems engineers to accomplish that goal. However, a decision as a whole in systems engineering can be summed up in the following three element process: utility analysis by 17 evaluation criteria, human behavioral analysis by 6 evaluation criteria, the calculation of Net Present Value, IRR, and other economic decision-making indicators. The author will further discuss the NPV and IRR methods to discover some hidden pitfalls. Also, this article will discuss some newer methods/techniques that avoid these pitfalls in economic decision-making by accounting for the risk associated with these methodologies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Brian J. Galli
- Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Director, Master of Science in Engineering Management Industrial Engineering, Hofstra University, USA
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