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Architecting the future telebehavioral health system of care in the United States Army
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Charged by the Chairman of the Joints Chief of Staff, the authors were members of a study to develop innovative recommendations for transforming the military enterprise to better manage post-traumatic stress and related ...
Multiobjective collaborative optimization of systems of systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Concept studies for warship designs typically focus on ship performance characteristics by setting design goals for such things as speed, range, and cost. However, warships generally operate as part of a larger battle or ...
European supply chain study
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Introduction: Supply chain management has been defined as, "..a set of approaches utilized to efficiently integrate suppliers, manufacturers, warehouses and stores, so that merchandise is produced and distributed at the ...
An evaluation of short innovation contest implementation in the federal context
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Technologies over the past three decades have democratized the tools of knowledge creation, thus creating increasing communities of innovators outside traditional organizations' boundaries. Cost effective ways of leveraging ...
Using multi-attribute tradespace exploration for the architecting and design of transportation systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
The field of Engineering Systems maintains that fundamental engineering principles exist, which apply across different domains of complex socio-technical systems. In this thesis, a state-of-the art decision and design ...
Applying technology strategy with enterprise architecting : a case study in transformation planning for integrating Unmanned Aircraft Systems into the National Airspace
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
The research presented in this thesis combines Enterprise Architecture and Technology Strategy for analyzing, evaluating, and recommending appropriate solutions for integrating Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) into the ...
Radiation therapy of pediatric brain tumors : comparison of long-term health effects and costs between proton therapy and IMRT
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
Radiation therapy is an important component of pediatric brain tumor treatment. However, radiation-induced damage can lead to adverse long-term health effects. Proton therapy has the ability to reduce the dose delivered ...
Investigating the influence of cultural differences on systems engineering : a case study of the manned spaceflight programs of the United States and China
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
The current trend of globalization as well as the growing complexity of multilateral systems engineering endeavors will contribute to the increasingly cross-cultural nature of systems engineering programs and teams in the ...
A field-based study of alternative microbial indicator tests for drinking water quality in Northern Ghana
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Safe drinking water is essential for human survival, yet it is unavailable to over 1 billion of the world's people living in poverty (World Bank, 2009). The current methods used to identify drinking water sources are ...
Analysis of Estonian startups in an international context
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
As more and more countries reach the stage of development where economic growth is rooted in innovation, the question of assessing the quality and development of national innovation systems becomes increasingly more ...