By Warren Smith, Principal Systems Engineer About 20 years ago, I met a systems engineer (name long forgotten) who was already an old hand at developing systems. As we talked shop, discussing systems engineering, documentation, and office politics, he relayed a story that has stuck with me through the years. …

By Ron Kratzke, Principal Systems Engineer Recently I have been fielding a number of questions regarding the use LINKs in behavior analysis when running COREsim. As CORE users are well aware, the COREsim modeling capability which allows the system engineer to analyze the behavior of the system. COREsim has an …

Designing a system solution is a creative act in the fullest sense of the word. Among the most common definitions of creativity there are two recurring elements. Creativity is most often described as the act of producing something that is both novel and valuable. This certainly describes the systems engineering …

Last night at 10 o’clock, I was paying my bills. This isn’t a big deal, except that payday was 10 days ago. You see, I’m the kind of person who needs systems in my life to help me do the things I need to do. My system broke down. The …