Browsing Engineering Systems Division (ESD) Working Paper Series by Title
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Institutional Foundations for Cyber Security: Current Responses and New Challenges
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2014-11)Almost everyone recognizes the salience of cyberspace as a fact of daily life. Given its ubiquity, scale, and scope, cyberspace has become a fundamental feature of the world we live in and has created a new reality for ... -
Integrating Engineering Systems Research and Undergraduate Education Through A Term-Length Case Study
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2012-03)The MIT-Portugal Program (MPP) was launched in 2007 with the dual objectives of conducting innovative research and establishing leading academic degree programs through international collaboration across a range of technical ... -
Inter-airline Equity in Airport Scheduling Interventions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2015-09)In the absence of opportunities for capacity expansion or operational enhancements, air traffic congestion mitigation may require scheduling interventions aimed to control the extent of overcapacity scheduling at busy ... -
The Interplay of Web Aggregation and Regulation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2002-11)The development of web technology has led to the emergence of web aggregation, a service that collects existing web data and turns them into more useful information. We review the development of both comparison and ... -
Introducing Complex Sociotechnical Systems to First-and Second-Year Students
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2011-05)Retention of undergraduate engineering students remains a key challenge faced across the globe; in particular, the first two years of the required curriculum is often cited as a significant hurdle. Many students are attracted ... -
Investigating Relationships and Semantic Sets amongst System Lifecycle Properties (Ilities)
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2012-03)The ilities are properties of engineering systems that often manifest and determine value after a system is put into initial use (e.g. resilience, interoperability, flexibility). Rather than being primary functional ... -
Isoperformance An Alternative Design Methodology for Engineering Systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2002-05)Tradeoffs between performance, cost and risk frequently arise during architecting and design of complex Engineering Systems such as aerospace vehicles. A paradigm shift is occurring from the pure performance optimization ... -
ITS: What We Know Now that We Wish We Knew Then: A Retrospective on the ITS 1992 Strategic Plan
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2003-09)From September 1991 until June 1992, a core writing team, which included the author, worked on what was the first Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) strategic plan in the United States. This plan was entitled, "A ... -
A Joint Planning, Management and Operations Framework for Airport Infrastructure
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2014-03)Many airports around the world are actively considering development or expansion projects. Such projects can spur tremendous benefits but are investment-intensive and span several decades from conception to completion. We ... -
Knowledge Diversity in the Emerging Global Bio-Nano Sector
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2012-04)As scientists are able to understand and manipulate ever smaller scales of matter, research in the fields of biotechnology and nanotechnology has converged to enable such radical innovations as lab-on-a-chip devices, ... -
Large Scale Infrastructure Systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2002-05)Highways, bridges, office buildings, houses, etc. are typical large-scale infrastructure systems of physical facilities that must be planned, designed, built, operated, and maintained. In addition to physical requirements, ... -
Lean Aerospace Engineering
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2008-01)A framework for Lean Engineering is presented, based upon observational findings from a decade of research in the aerospace domain, published works on Toyota and Southwest Airlines, and practitioner input. The framework ... -
Lean Enterprises – A Systems Perspective
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2002-05)Becoming a “Lean Enterprise” is increasingly being recognized as an important strategy in achieving critical strategic goals such as responsiveness, cycle time and cost across all phases of the product life cycle. The ... -
Lean Transformation in the U.S. Aerospace Industry: Appreciating Interdependent Social and Technical Systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2003-08)Lean practices and principles build on a half-century of successive initiatives aimed at transforming social and technical systems in organizations. While they are seen as central to the revitalization of the U.S. aerospace ... -
Learning from Organizational Experience
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2002-05)Learning-in-action, the cyclical interplay of thinking and doing, is increasingly important for organizations as environments and required capabilities become more complex and interdependent. Organizational learning involves ... -
Lesson Study and Lesson Sharing: An Appealing Marriage
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2014-03)Lesson Study and lesson sharing are two educational initiatives that, if merged, have the potential to revolutionize how teachers plan and deliver lessons. Lesson Study is the joint production of lessons by a small team ... -
The Link between Cognition and the Complexity of Engineering Systems Design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2002-05)This paper focuses on the role of human cognition in the design of large complex systems. It contrasts the physical system that is the product of the design with the cognitive model that is used by the designer to “understand” ... -
Linking Historical Roots and Current Methodologies of Engineering Systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2008-12)This paper reviews the historical context and present impact of two sets of literature: the work of Joseph Schumpeter and the field of Strategy Development. Schumpeter’s theories about the impact of technology or innovation ... -
Literature Review of Papers relevant to the topic of development impacts and economic evaluation methods of High-Speed Rail (HSR)
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2011-08)With HSR continuing to the target of investments around the world, with even the United States elevating the place of HSR on the public agenda, we thought this compendium of summaries of references on HSR and related topics ... -
Low-Cost Airports for Low-Cost Airlines: Flexible Design to Manage the Risks
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2007-03)The paradigm of airport planning and design is changing fundamentally. Low-cost airlines have become significant drivers of airport planning, along with aircraft size and other technical factors. They have different ...
