A. Wayne Wymore

Infobox Scientist


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name = A. Wayne Wymore
birth_date = 1927, U.S.
field = Systems Engineering, Mathematics
work_institution = University of Arizona, Professor Emeritus

known_for = Mathematical Theory of Systems Engineering, Founder and first Chairman of the SIE Department

prizes = INCOSE Pioneers award, 2003

A. Wayne Wymore (born 1927, U.S.) is an American mathematician and systems engineer. He gained his B.Sc. and M.Sc. both from the Iowa State University, and his PhD in mathematics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Wymore was founder and first Chairman of Systems and Industrial Engineering (SIE) Department at the University of Arizona. He was also one of the first Fellows of International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE).

In 2003 he received an INCOSE's Pioneer Award, whereby they wrote:
* "A. Wayne Wymore founded the first academic department of Systems Engineering in the world at the University of Arizona in 1960. He pioneered Mathematical-based Systems Engineering and later led Model-based Systems Engineering. He was an early and ardent supporter of the fomenting of INCOSE. He has led self-evaluation of Systems Engineering education, and continues to be one of the most prominent theoreticians of the Systems Engineering community. In addition to his teaching, writing, and consulting, he has participated in pro bono projects to bring a Systems Engineering approach to social service organizations."

Selected publications

* Systems Engineering Methodology for Interdisciplinary Teams, Wiley, New York, 1976.
* A Mathematical Theory of Systems Engineering: The Elements, Krieger, Huntington, NY, 1967.
* Engineering Modeling and Design, (with Bill Chapman and A. Terry Bahill), CRC Press Inc., 1992.
* Model-Based Systems Engineering, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1993.
* Subsystem Optimization Implies System Suboptimization: Not!, World Wide Web, www.sie.arizona, 1997.
* A System Theoretical Fable, World Wide Web, www.sie.arizona, 1998.

External links

* [http://www.sie.arizona.edu/faculty/wymore.html A Wayne Wymore's page] from the SIE Department, University of Arizona.
* [http://www.sie.arizona.edu/sysengr/INCOSE/wayne.html Webpage] by A. Terry Bahill about Wymore.
* [http://www.sie.arizona.edu/sysengr/wymore/WWAutobiography.htm A Wayne Wymore's Autobiography]
* [http://www.sie.arizona.edu/sysengr/wymore/bookreview.html Review] from George Klir on his book "Model-Based Systems Engineering".