Description: The necessity of a wide array of engineers, scientists, and social scientists to model real world systems has greatly increased in the past few years. Although there are many "systems" books most are written to explain advanced and complex mathematical and computer models which are beyond the capabilities and needs of most engineers and scientists. Professor Boyd has developed his book for courses for professionals based on utilizing matrix algebra and knowledge engineering so that it is highly accessible without requiring a complete background in systems engineering. The book will particularly appeal to professional engineers, scientists, and graduate students responsible for modeling large-scale projects in diverse areas such as environmental systems, water resource management, forestry, land management, and civil construction and planning.

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