There are three characteristics of which a complex engineering problem must comply with at least one of the following. 

i)  are ill-posed, under- or over specified, or require identification and refinement;

ii)  are high-level problems including component parts or sub-problems;

iii)  are unfamiliar or involve infrequently encountered issues;

These points tend to cause confusion, at least for students. This is largely down to a lack of critical evaluation of what is read. Allow us to break it down for you.

Hosted and broken down by M. Boer and S. Schekman on 16 Feb 2021

Keys: Problem definition, complex problems, critical evaluation, and's and or's