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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 ...
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 ...
New venture commercialization of clean energy technologies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Clean energy technologies lower harmful emissions associated with the generation and use of power (e.g. CO2) and many of these technologies have been shown to be cost effective and to provide significant benefits to adopters. ...
Networking technology adoption : system dynamics modeling of fiber-to-the-home
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
A system dynamics model is developed and run to study the adoption of fiber-to-the-home as a residential broadband technology. Communities that currently do not have broadband in the United States are modeled. This case ...
Stakeholder collaboration in Air Force acquisition : adaptive design using system representations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
Air Force development of new or evolutionary weapon systems is a complex endeavor due to the involvement of many stakeholders and the presence of considerable uncertainty in the acquisition environment. The ability to adapt ...
Effective information integration and reutilization : solutions to technological deficiency and legal uncertainty
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
The amount of electronically accessible information has been growing exponentially. How to effectively use this information has become a significant challenge. A post 9/11 study indicated that the deficiency of semantic ...
Enabling systems thinking to accelerate the development of senior systems engineers
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
As engineering systems become more complex, the roles involved in developing and managing such systems also become more complex. Thus, there is increasing interest in educating and training engineering professionals to ...
Human and modeling approaches for humanitarian transportation planning
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Recent disasters have highlighted the need for more effective supply chain management during emergency response. Planning and prioritizing the use of trucks and helicopters to transport humanitarian aid to affected communities ...
Measuring supply chain carbon efficiency : a carbon label framework
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
In the near term, efficiency improvements represent a key option for reducing the impacts of climate change. The growing awareness of climate change has increased the attention regarding the carbon emissions "embedded" in ...