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Accounting for non-hazardous industrial waste in the United States
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
This dissertation presents a method for estimating the tonnage and composition of non-hazardous industrial waste (NHIW) flows in the United States. For thirty years, it has been an accepted fact that NHIW is generated at ...
Modeling human attention and performance in automated environments with low task loading
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
Automation has the benefit of reducing human operators' workload. By leveraging the power of computers and information technology, the work of human operators is becoming easier. However, when the workload is too low but ...
Locating the source of large scale outbreaks of foodborne disease
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
Foodborne illness outbreaks impose enormous health and economic burdens in the US. Identifying the origin of the contaminated food causing an outbreak is a challenging problem due to the complexity of the food supply and ...
Combining tradespace exploration with system dynamics to explore future space architectures
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
This work proposes a merger of Tradespace Exploration with System Dynamics modeling techniques in a complementary approach. It tests the value of this mixed method for modeling the multiplicity of inputs and complexity of ...
Dynamics of technology innovation and diffusion with emphasis on wind energy
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
This thesis takes an interdisciplinary look at wind energy innovation and diffusion through a historical case study and system dynamic quantitative model. The former uses a framework known as actor-network- theory (that ...