First published 2008 in France by Hermes Science/Lavoisier in two volumes entitled: Systèmes de systèmes : concepts et illustrations pratiques and Ingénierie des systèmes de systèmes: méthodes et outils © LAVOISIER 2008
First published 2010 in Great Britain and the United States by ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Systèmes de systèmes. English
Systems of systems / edited by Dominique Luzeaux, Jean-René Ruault.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-84821-164-3
1. Systems engineering. I. Luzeaux, Dominique. II. Ruault, Jean-René. III. Title.
TA168.S887813 2010
620.001'171--dc22

2009044182

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ISBN 978-1-84821-164-3