“The Holy Grail of systems engineering, a generic systems methodology has been the subject of the author’s ongoing research for over 20 years.”

—  Derek Hitchins

Derek K Hitchins (2005) Systems Methodology http://sse.stevens.edu/fileadmin/cser/2005/papers/10.pdf

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