Systems, experts, and computers : the systems approach in management and engineering, World War II and after / edited by Agatha C. Hughes and Thomas P. Hughes.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Dibner Institute studies in the history of science and technologyPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2000.Description: vi, 513 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0262082853 (jacket)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 620/.001/171 21
LOC classification:
  • TA168 .S887 2000
Online resources:
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: AUTOMATION'S FINEST HOUR: RADAR AND SYSTEM -- INTEGRATION IN WORLD WAR II 27 -- David A. Mindell THE ADOPTION OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH IN THE UNITED -- STATES DURING WORLD WAR II 57 -- Erik P. Rau FROM CONCURRENCY TO PHASED PLANNING: AN EPISODE -- IN THE HISTORY OF SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT 93 -- Stephen B. Johnson SYSTEM RESHAPES THE CORPORATION: JOINT VENTURES IN -- THE BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM, 1962-1972 113 -- Glenn Bugos PLANNING A TECHNOLOGICAL NATION: SYSTEMS THINKING -- AND THE POLITICS OF NATIONAL IDENTITY IN POSTWAR -- FRANCE 133 -- Gabrielle Hecht A WORM IN THE BUD? COMPUTERS, SYSTEMS, AND THE -- SAFETY-CASE PROBLEM 161 -- Donald MacKenzie ENGINEERS OR MANAGERS? THE SYSTEMS ANALYSIS OF -- ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING IN THE FEDERAL -- BUREAUCRACY 191 -- Atsushi Akera -- THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE, OR HOW CONTEXT -- MATTERS: THE RAND CORPORATION BUILDS AN -- ECONOMICS OF INNOVATION, 1946-1962 255 -- David A. Hounshell OUT OF THE BLUE YONDER: THE TRANSFER OF SYSTEMS -- THINKING FROM THE PENTAGON TO THE GREAT SOCIETY, -- 1961-1965 311 -- David R. Jardini THE LIMITS OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER: CIVIL SYSTEMS AT -- TRW, 1965-1975 359 -- Davis Dyer FROM OPERATIONS RESEARCH TO FUTURES STUDIES: THE -- ESTABLISHMENT, DIFFUSION, AND TRANSFORMATION OF THE -- SYSTEMS APPROACH IN SWEDEN, 1945-1980 385 -- Arne Kaijser and Joar Tiberg THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS -- ANALYSIS, THE TAP PROJECT, AND THE RAINS -- MODEL 413 -- Harvey Brooks and Alan McDonald RAND, IIASA, AND THE CONDUCT OF SYSTEMS -- ANALYSIS 433 -- Roger E. Levien How A GENETIC CODE BECAME AN INFORMATION -- SYSTEM 463 -- Lily E. Kay NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 493 INDEX 497.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: AUTOMATION'S FINEST HOUR: RADAR AND SYSTEM -- INTEGRATION IN WORLD WAR II 27 -- David A. Mindell THE ADOPTION OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH IN THE UNITED -- STATES DURING WORLD WAR II 57 -- Erik P. Rau FROM CONCURRENCY TO PHASED PLANNING: AN EPISODE -- IN THE HISTORY OF SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT 93 -- Stephen B. Johnson SYSTEM RESHAPES THE CORPORATION: JOINT VENTURES IN -- THE BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM, 1962-1972 113 -- Glenn Bugos PLANNING A TECHNOLOGICAL NATION: SYSTEMS THINKING -- AND THE POLITICS OF NATIONAL IDENTITY IN POSTWAR -- FRANCE 133 -- Gabrielle Hecht A WORM IN THE BUD? COMPUTERS, SYSTEMS, AND THE -- SAFETY-CASE PROBLEM 161 -- Donald MacKenzie ENGINEERS OR MANAGERS? THE SYSTEMS ANALYSIS OF -- ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING IN THE FEDERAL -- BUREAUCRACY 191 -- Atsushi Akera -- THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE, OR HOW CONTEXT -- MATTERS: THE RAND CORPORATION BUILDS AN -- ECONOMICS OF INNOVATION, 1946-1962 255 -- David A. Hounshell OUT OF THE BLUE YONDER: THE TRANSFER OF SYSTEMS -- THINKING FROM THE PENTAGON TO THE GREAT SOCIETY, -- 1961-1965 311 -- David R. Jardini THE LIMITS OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER: CIVIL SYSTEMS AT -- TRW, 1965-1975 359 -- Davis Dyer FROM OPERATIONS RESEARCH TO FUTURES STUDIES: THE -- ESTABLISHMENT, DIFFUSION, AND TRANSFORMATION OF THE -- SYSTEMS APPROACH IN SWEDEN, 1945-1980 385 -- Arne Kaijser and Joar Tiberg THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS -- ANALYSIS, THE TAP PROJECT, AND THE RAINS -- MODEL 413 -- Harvey Brooks and Alan McDonald RAND, IIASA, AND THE CONDUCT OF SYSTEMS -- ANALYSIS 433 -- Roger E. Levien How A GENETIC CODE BECAME AN INFORMATION -- SYSTEM 463 -- Lily E. Kay NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 493 INDEX 497.

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