Engineering Systems Division: Recent submissions

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    • Bodies, Ideas, and Dynamics: Historical Perspectives on Systems Thinking in Engineering 

      Mindell, David A. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2002-05)
      Today, the idea that technology consists not simply of individual machines but of systems of components and interconnections underlies much of engineering theory and practice. Yet this idea is relatively new in the history ...

    • Isoperformance An Alternative Design Methodology for Engineering Systems 

      de Weck, Olivier L. (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 ...

    • The Impact of Instability on Complex Social and Technical Systems 

      Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Joel; Rebentisch, Eric (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2002-05)
      Instability is a pervasive phenomenon that has deep implications for virtually all complex social and technical systems. In engineering, the identification and mitigation of various types of technical instabilities is a ...