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245 0 0 _aSystems, experts, and computers :
_bthe systems approach in management and engineering, World War II and after /
_cedited by Agatha C. Hughes and Thomas P. Hughes.
260 _aCambridge, Mass. :
_bMIT Press,
_cc2000.
300 _avi, 513 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
440 0 _aDibner Institute studies in the history of science and technology
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 _aMachine 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.
650 0 _aSystems engineering.
650 0 _aExpert systems (Computer science)
650 0 _aManagement information systems.
700 1 _aHughes, Agatha C.
700 1 _aHughes, Thomas Parke.
856 4 _3Table of Contents
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy02/00021959.html
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