Engineering Systems Division: Recent submissions
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Management of Technology Investment Risk with Real Options-Based Design: A case study of an innovative building technology
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2005-06)Implementation of innovative technologies is hindered by the perceived risks of technical failure or increased first cost. However, by designing a system to include real options within its architecture and by recognizing ... -
Value-at-Risk Analysis for Real Options in Complex Engineered Systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2005-06)This paper presents a simple but powerful Real Options Valuation methodology suitable for valuing flexibility in complex engineered systems. It is based on value-at-risk analysis and relies on a standard discounted cash ... -
Semantic Information Integration in the Large: Adaptability, Extensibility, and Scalability of the Context Mediation Approach
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2005-05)There is pressing need for effectively integrating information from an ever increasing number of available sources both on the web and in other existing systems. A key difficulty of achieving this goal comes from the ...
