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Metrics Pilot Project for Military Avionics Sustainment: Experimental Design and Implementation Plan
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2003-06)This working paper outlines the design of an experiment, employing a pilot project, for identifying and validating new metrics for managing the US Air Force military avionics sustainment system. The paper also presents a ... -
Model-Based Analysis of Socio-Technical Risk
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2004-12)Traditional approaches to hazard analysis and safety-related risk management are based on an accident model that focuses on failure events in static engineering designs and linear notions of causality. They are therefore ... -
Modeling the Cost of International Trade in Global Supply Chains
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2015-03)In a global economy, international trade plays an important role of the economic development. This is especially relevant in emerging markets, where trade could contribute significantly to the economic growth of the country. ... -
Multi-Airport Systems in the Era of No-Frills Airlines
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2005-06)The development of no-frills airlines is promoting a remarkable expansion in the number of secondary airports in major metropolitan areas. These new carriers are creating a significant alternative to the traditional ... -
Multichannel Distribution Strategies in Latin America
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2012-06)The process of designing and selecting distribution channels is challenging and it demands an in-depth understanding of the market. Leading firms competing in Latin America are exploring creative ways to effectively reach ... -
Nano-technology: a Disruptive Technology?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2002-05)The term "disruptive technology" as coined by Christensen (1997) refers to a new technology having lower cost and performance measured by traditional criteria, but having higher ancillary performance. Christensen finds ... -
NEC FUTURE Preliminary Alternatives Report: Public Comment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2013-06)The United States Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is currently in the early stages of a planning process to define a 30-year passenger rail investment plan for the Northeast Corridor ... -
NEC FUTURE Tier I Scoping Process: Public Comment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2012-10)Utilizing its special expertise, the Regional Transportation Planning and High Speed Rail Research Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) sought to provide input via public comment to the NEC FUTURE Tier ... -
Needs and Possibilities for Engineering Education: One Industrial/Academic Perspective
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2003-06)This paper reports a personal assessment of the readiness of new B.S. level engineering graduates to practice engineering immediately upon graduation. This assessment when reinforced by significant prior work motivates a ... -
A New Accident Model for Engineering Safer Systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2002-05)New technology is making fundamental changes in the etiology of accidents and is creating a need for changes in the explanatory mechanisms used. We need better and less subjective understanding of why accidents occur and ... -
A New Framework to Assess Regional and Urban Impacts of Transport Infrastructure: The Case of High-Speed Rail in Portugal
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2012-03)This paper presents a comprehensive framework for modeling the impacts of large-scale transport infrastructure which have the potential to fundamentally alter the spatial interaction properties of regions, producing ... -
A New Model Of Cascades On Random Networks With A Threshold Rule Fundamentals
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2009-10)Percolation or cascades on random networks are typically analyzed using generating functions. This approach requires that the network be assumed infinite and weakly connected. These assumptions are not obeyed by real or ... -
A Novel Engineering Systems Approach for Bioengineering Education: the MIT-Portugal Collaboration
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2007-06)This paper discusses the importance of an engineering systems approach to international bioengineering education and how a new educational research program, the MIT-Portugal Program Bioengineering Systems focus area, aims ... -
Offshoring: The Transition From Economic Drivers Toward Strategic Global Partnership and 24-Hour Knowledge Factory
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2006-11)The concept of offshoring of professional services first gained attention slightly over 25 years ago. At that time, US companies began to realize the cost-advantage of getting their computer software developed in India and ... -
Optimal Selection of Sample Weeks for Approximating the Net Load in Generation Planning Problems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2013-01)The increasing presence of variable energy resources (VER) in power systems –most notably wind and solar power– demands tools capable of evaluating the flexibility needs to compensate for the resulting variability in the ... -
Optimizing Long-Term Service Agreements for gas-fired units in the context of increasing penetration of intermittent generation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2014-06)As power systems increasingly rely on gas-fired power plants (GFPP), and as thermal cycling requirements increase due to larger penetrations of intermittent generation, the long-term service agreements (LTSAs) that define ... -
Order Stability in Supply Chains: Coordination Risk and the Role of Coordination Stock
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2004-11)The bullwhip effect describes the tendency for the variance of orders in supply chains to increase as one moves upstream from consumer demand. Previous research attributes this phenomenon to both operational and behavioral ... -
Pandemic Flu: Yes, We Can Do Something About It!
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2007-08)The emergence of influenza with virulence comparable to the famous 1918-1919 “Spanish Flu” has the potential to kill hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Should we find ourselves being forced to ‘live with the flu,’ ... -
Pathways to a Trusted Electronic Voting System
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2007-01)In 2002, Congress passed the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) [1], largely in response to voting irregularities in the 2000 presidential election in Florida. Congress intended that HAVA resolve the lingering public confidence ... -
Patterns of Product Development Interactions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2002-05)Development of complex products and large systems is a highly interactive social process involving hundreds of people designing thousands of interrelated components and making millions of coupled decisions. Nevertheless, ...
