Systems design has two perspectives: (1) blackbox (the encapsulated system is seen as a whole from the outside; the blackbox view is how the system performs when interacting with its context) and (2) whitebox (the system is seen as a set of interacting parts that collaborate to produce the blackbox behavior).
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The Blackbox, Whitebox Principle of Systems Engineering
Posted February 19, 2018 | | Amplify
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Murray Cantor has been a leader for over 30 years, applying leading-edge ideas in software and systems development. Currently, Dr. Cantor is CTO of Aptage. Recently, he served as an IBM Distinguished Engineer, a member of the Rational CTO Council, and the Rational Lead for Analytics and Optimization for Software and Systems, where he led the application of predictive analytics to software and systems planning/development as well as adapting Lean… Read More
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