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The cost of Jointness : insights from environmental monitoring systems in low Earth orbit
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
The term jointness refers to activities or operations that are executed collaboratively by more than one government agency or military department. While joint operations have become increasingly common and successful, the ...
Infrastructure investment and policy management of water resources for small-scale irrigated agriculture
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
We investigate the options for enhancing the welfare of small farmers in Thailand through subsidies of irrigation infrastructure. Enhanced water storage and irrigation can significantly improve yield and the welfare of the ...
Using phase space attractors to evaluate system safety constraint enforcement : case study in space shuttle mission control procedure rework
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
As the complexity and influence of engineering systems in modern society increases, so too does their potential to create counterintuitive and catastrophic accidents. Increasingly, the accidents encountered in these systems ...
Beating the system : accelerating commercialization of new materials
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Over the past century, materials have faced notoriously long delays between invention and commercialization. These delays make private investment very difficult, and can prevent good materials from reaching markets. A ...
System transition : dynamics of change in the US air transportation system
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
The US Air Transportation System is currently facing a number of challenges including an increasing demand for travel and growing environmental requirements. In order to successfully meet future needs, the system will need ...
Coastal communities and climate change : a dynamic model of risk perception, storms, and adaptation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Climate change impacts, including sea-level rise and changes in tropical storm frequency and intensity, will pose signicant challenges to city planners and coastal zone managers trying to make wise investment and protection ...
Exploring flexible strategies in engineering systems using screening models : applications to offshore petroleum projects
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Engineering Systems, such as offshore petroleum exploration and production systems, generally require a significant amount of capital investment under various technical and market uncertainties. Choosing appropriate designs ...
A screening model to explore planning decisions in automotive manufacturing systems under demand uncertainty
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Large-scale, complex engineering systems, as for automotive manufacturing, often require significant capital investment and resources for systems configuration. Furthermore, these systems operate in environments that are ...
Evaluating safety protocols for manned-unmanned environments through agent-based simulation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Recent advances in autonomous system capabilities have improved their performance sufficiently to make the integration of unmanned and autonomous vehicles systems into human-centered civilian environments a realistic ...
Managing unarticulated value : changeability in multi-attribute tradespace exploration
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
A framework for creating value robust systems in the face of changing value perceptions during the architecture and design of systems is proposed. Both unarticulated value, that which is not explicitly communicated to ...