Editing Systems engineering (section)

===Operations research===
{{Main|Operations research}}
[[Operations research]] supports systems engineering. Operations research, briefly, is concerned with the optimization of a process under multiple constraints.<ref>{{cite web|title=Operation Everything|url=http://www.boston.com/globe/search/stories/reprints/operationeverything062704.html |website=The Bostom Globe |date=June 27, 2004 |first1=Virginia |last1=Postrel |url-status=dead|access-date=30 November 2005|archive-date=31 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331035402/http://www.boston.com/globe/search/stories/reprints/operationeverything062704.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=SHHHH... It's a Secret|url=http://www.sas.com/news/sascom/2004q4/feature_tech.html |first1=Mary |last1=Crissey |date=2004 |website=sas com Magazine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050920174512/http://www.sas.com/news/sascom/2004q4/feature_tech.html|archive-date=20 September 2005|access-date=30 November 2005}}</ref>