Engineering Systems Division: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
An Algorithm and Metric for Network Decomposition from Similarity Matrices: Application to Positional Analyses
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2007-02)We present an algorithm for decomposing a social network into an optimal number of structurally equivalent classes. The k-means method is used to determine the best decomposition of the social network for various numbers ... -
Combating System-Level Quality Problems in Complex Product Development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2007-02)As products become more complex and their development involves more technologies, people, and companies, it is no longer sufficient to ensure that each part, component, or subsystem is designed and made correctly. Problems ...
