Engineering Systems Division: Recent submissions

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    • Bits and Bucks: Modeling complex systems by information flow 

      Lloyd, Seth (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2002-05)
      This paper presents a general method for modeling and characterizing complex systems in terms of flows of information together with flows of conserved or quasi-conserved quantities such as energy or money. Using mathematical ...

    • Complex systems: a review 

      Lloyd, Seth (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2002-05)
      Engineers have worked on complex systems ever since engineering began. But the sciences of complexity have come in to their own in the last few decades. Hoping to find common threads that weave their disciplines together, ...

    • Nano-technology: a Disruptive Technology? 

      Utterback, James M.; Acee, Happy J. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2002-05)
      The term "disruptive technology" as coined by Christensen (1997) refers to a new technology having lower cost and performance measured by traditional criteria, but having higher ancillary performance. Christensen finds ...