Why "Stability Engineering" Was Born?

STABILITY ENGINEERING – Volume 8 www.manhattanproject20.com 1 116-01-D Contrasting CES, CAS and HCAS Systems Why Stability Engineering Had to Be Born "Every great engineering discipline begins by asking the wrong question. Only later does it discover the right one." Three Worlds, Three Design Philosophies Over the past century, engineering has quietly crossed three very different worlds. • The first was the world of Complex Engineered Systems (CES). • The second was the world of Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS).