SYS 510: Tools And Methodologies For Designing Systems

3 credits

Fall 2025 Distance Learning Lecture Upper Division
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Fall 2025
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Introduction to modeling tools and methods for designing engineered systems. Topics include: defining the design problem; defining and validating stakeholders' and system requirements; discrete mathematics for system modeling; defining and modeling system operational scenarios; the system development life cycle; defining and modeling functional, physical, and allocated architectures; evaluating and modeling the tradeoffs between alternative architectures; and defining the system qualification process.

Learning Outcomes

1Apply the discrete mathematics concepts of set theory, relations and functions, and graph theory to characterize and analyze the functional and structural aspects of models for designing engineered systems. (1, 3)

2Critique different approaches for system development life cycles and for systems engineering processes. (1, 2)

3Define an engineered system's context. (1, 4)

4Define and critique a functional model of a system development life cycle using a model-based systems engineering tool. (1, 2, 4)

5Define and critique models of the functional architectures of an engineered system using a model-based systems engineering tool. (1, 2, 4)

6Define a system's stakeholders and define formal system I/O requirements. (1, 2, 3)

7Audit a set of formal system I/O requirements for completeness. (1, 2, 4)

8Define models of the physical architecture of an engineered system using a model-based systems engineering tool. (1, 2, 4)

9Apply an option creation technique to generate alternative physical architectures. (1, 2)

10Define an allocated architecture of an engineered system using a model-based systems engineering tool. (2, 4)

11Define the relationship of stakeholder's requirements to design trade-off objectives. (1, 2)

12Define models of the interfaces of an engineered system using a model-based systems engineering tool. (1, 2, 4)

13Critique a functional model of early validation using a model-based systems engineering tool. (1, 2, 4)

14Understand alternative graphical modeling approaches for data modeling, process modeling, and behavior modeling. (1, 2)

15Define and model uncertainty, value, and risk preference for evaluating design tradeoffs between alternative system architectures. (1, 2, 3, 4)

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