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"There comes a time when one must stop suggesting and evaluating new solutions, and get on with the job of analyzing and implementing one pretty good solution."
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Robert E. MacholMost accidents in well-designed systems involve two or more events of — Robert E. Machol
"Most accidents in well-designed systems involve two or more events of low probability occurring in the worst possible combination."
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Robert E. Machol
Robert E. Machol
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Robert Engel Machol was an American systems engineer and professor of systems at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management of Northwestern University. Machol wrote the earliest significant books directly related to systems engineering. He was also Chief Scientist for the Federal Aviation Administration, President of the Operations Research Society of America, and an encyclopedia editor.
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"[Systems should be classified] on the basis of the types of inputs with which they must cope."
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"Every large-scale system is an . The automatic factory, the vehicular-traffic system, any military system- in the design of all these systems, primary attention should be given to the flow of information about the elements of the system."
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"If the assumptions are wrong, the conclusions arent likely to be very good."
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"Scientists possess healthy skepticism. They realize that youve got to know the answer before you measure it."
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"We have discovered in this past decade that thinking, and decision, are not solely the province of the metaphysicist, but are appropriate subjects for scientific inquiry."
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