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    • The Tradespace Exploration Paradigm 

      Ross, Adam M.; Hastings, Daniel E. (2005-07-10)
      Over the past five years, researchers working on a number of system design projects in the Space Systems, Policy, and Architecture Research Consortium (SSPARC) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have ...
    • Cost Metrics for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles 

      Valerdi, Ricardo (2005-09-26)
      This paper aims to enhance the understanding of UAV cost metrics and their uses. The paper is organized into three main areas: (1) overview of current approaches for aircraft, (2) life cycle issues with UAV cost estimation, ...
    • Sea Level Requirements as Systems Engineering Size Metrics 

      Valerdi, Ricardo; Raj, Jatin (2005-07-10)
      The Constructive Systems Engineering Cost Model (COSYSMO) represents a collaborative effort between industry, government, and academia to develop a general model to estimate systems engineering effort. The model development ...