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Detecting Evolving Patterns of Self-Organizing Networks by Flow Hierarchy Measurement
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2010-06)Hierarchies occur widely in evolving self-organizing ecological, biological, technological and social networks, but detecting and comparing hierarchies is difficult. Here we present a metric and technique to quantitatively ... -
Disciplinary Links Between Scientific Management and Strategy Development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2009-12)We investigate the incidence of links between the historical discipline of scientific management and the modern study of strategy development. Despite a century’s separation, these two disciplines share noticeable commonality ... -
Discontinuous Regions: High-Speed Rail and the Limits of Traditional Governance
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2012-07)Globalization and the interconnectivity of the economy have magnified the role of regions, restructuring social and economic relationships into networks that span increasing distances. At the same time, greater attention ... -
Do-It-Right-Fisrt-Time (DRFT) Approach to DSF Restructuring
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2001-09)In this paper, we argue, using two real-world applications from the automotive industry, that the biggest benefit of a Design Structure Matrix (DSM) model may come not from resequencing and partitioning, but rather from ... -
Does Geographic Clustering Still Benefit High Tech New Ventures? The Case of the Cambridge/Boston Biotech Cluster
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2009-04)An empirical study of scientific communication among biotechnology companies supports the belief that geographic clustering does produce increased scientific exchange among companies. A comparison of companies within a ... -
DRAFT Model Brokerage: Concepts & A Proposal
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2015-06)Effective & efficient utilization of models is essential for facilitating high productivity in many different types of organizations. If models could be shared across technical, temporal & organizational boundaries, much ... -
The Dynamics of Circular Migration in Southern Europe: An Example of Social Innovation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2011-01)During economic crises, governments establish policies that facilitate the creation of jobs, goods and services that make their economies more resilient. Often, this requires innovative social programs that match global ... -
The Earth as an Engineering System: Addressing Sustainability through Science, Technology and Policy
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2012-03)We combine insights from the two emerging fields of engineering systems and sustainability science to develop an analytical approach for understanding and managing coupled natural and human systems. The Earth system is ... -
Eco-Growth: A Framework for Sustainable Growth
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2015-01)Growth is imperative for corporate success and yet the environmental impact of this growth is not sustainable. In this paper we offer a framework for thinking about the stages of tackling the environmental sustainability ... -
The Effect of e-Business on Supply Chain Strategy
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2002-05)Internet technology has forced companies to redefine their business models so as to improve the extended enterprise performance - this is popularly called e-business. The focus has been on improving the extended enterprise ... -
Enabling Global Price Comparison with Semantic Integration of Web Data
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2008-01)“Sell Globally” and “Shop Globally” have been seen as a potential benefit of web-enabled electronic business. One important step toward realizing this benefit is to know how things are selling in various parts of the world. ... -
Encouraging and Ensuring Successful Technology Transition in Civil Aviation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2006-03)Technology transitions are essential to transforming air traffic management to meet future capacity needs. Encouraging and obtaining equipage adoption is one crucial aspect of technology transitions. We propose an approach ... -
Endogenous Control of Service Rates in Stochastic and Dynamic Queuing Models of Airport Congestion
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2014-07)Airport congestion mitigation requires reliable delay estimates. This paper presents an integrated model of airport congestion that combines a tactical model of capacity utilization into a strategic queuing model. The model ... -
Energy Resource Transportation Governance: Case Studies of The Alberta Oil Sands and The Argentinian Vaca Muerta Shale Oil Fields
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2015-08)In recent years, there has been increasing focus on the economic and other benefits of the development of “unconventional” sources of oil—resources that cannot be produced using traditional production techniques—partly due ... -
Engineering Effective Response to Outbreaks of Influenza
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2014-03)Objective. Allocation of vaccines and deployment of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) are critical to controlling influenza. We examine how these policies can minimize the societal impact. Methods. An engineering ... -
Engineering Responses to Pandemics
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2009-08)Focusing on pandemic influenza, this chapter approaches the planning for and response to such a major worldwide health event as a complex engineering systems problem. Action-oriented analysis of pandemics requires a broad ... -
Epistemology in Engineering Systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2003-12)The engineering systems division at MIT has adopted an official vision statement -- “ESD will be a leader in understanding, modeling, predicting and affecting the structure and behavior of technologically enabled complex ... -
ESD and Health Care Systems: some strategic considerations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2009-08)Proper health care delivery to a growing but aging population is becoming one of the most challenging tasks of our time. It becomes also one of the most complex. Although many tools are at hand, grand designs and implementation ... -
ESD Internal Conference Extended Abstracts
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2002-03)This working paper contains the extended abstracts received to date for the ESD Colloquium to be held on May 29 and 30, 2002. A proceeding of the complete papers are planned to be published in advance of the colloquium. -
ESD Summer Reading Lists 2003–2011
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2011-07)Back in 2003, when ESD was a toddler of about 41⁄2, we were preparing for our spring semester offsite traditionally held at the end of the academic year in late May or early June. I had the idea of preparing a short list ...
