1. Explain why systems scholars including de Neufville and Stafford (1971) and Dandy et al. (2008) stress the importance of selecting appropriate MOEs for engineering systems.
2. A systems engineer seeks to establish MOEs to evaluate alternative strategies for operating an existing urban drainage network. List and discuss any (i) five desirable properties of each individual MOE and (ii) three desirable properties of the set of MOEs for choosing between the strategies.