Methodological Principles of Large Scale Complex Engineering Systems Design

Abstract

The LSCES designing is a complex process that involves many spheres of technological, economic, ecological and social activity. Although there exists an enormous number and variety of studies devoted to diverse particular methodologies of the LSCES designing, their ideas have not been yet very well integrated into the main body of an unified general methodology. This paper is an attempt to formulate some general principles of the LSCES designing process. The core of the approach are the links between physical, economical, praxiological, social and others aspects of designing process and the efficiency of the entire designing process. The views presented in the paper are solely those of the writer’s and reflect experience which includes academic research and many years’ practice in the field of railway transport systems design (Basiewicz, 1985).