Science of Integration.
Abstract
This project identified under the term integration, rules, guidelines, and management processes which, when followed, would result in optimal system performance and the avoidance of certain types of problems which presently exist in aircrew life support equipment. The occurance of burdensome of otherwise problematical equipment is frequently a result of poorly defined design constraints rather than lack of integration. Therefore, lack of integration is not necessarily the cause of equipment problems, nor will integration necessarily alleviate them. Integration, the combining of tasks of system hardware so as to optimize a system design with respect to preselected parameters, requires a detailed specification of the critical parameters and sufficient design a alternatives such that the optimum design can be selected. Both technical and managerial research, development, and implementation control are necessary to (a) properly define subsystem design constraints, (b) identify existing subsystems that can or must be redesigned to accommodate other new subsystems, and (c) test any resultant system for overall compliance with total function and total constraints.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADA135590
Entities
People
- B. Das
- C. Lessard
- R. D. Hutchingson
- W. A. Hyman
Organizations
- Texas A&M University