Engineering Systems Division: Recent submissions

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    • Analysis of Capacity Pricing and Allocation Mechanisms in Shared Railway Systems: Lessons for the Northeast Corridor 

      Pena-Alcaraz, Maite; Sussman, Joseph M.; Webster, Mort (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2015-03)
      Recently, governments have started promoting the use of shared railway systems as a way to take advantage of the existing capital-intensive railway infrastructure. Until 1988, all major railways both managed the infrastructure ...

    • Eco-Growth: A Framework for Sustainable Growth 

      Blanco, Edgar E.; Sheffi, Yossi (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2015-01)
      Growth is imperative for corporate success and yet the environmental impact of this growth is not sustainable. In this paper we offer a framework for thinking about the stages of tackling the environmental sustainability ...

    • A Survey of Methods for Data Inclusion in System Dynamics Models 

      Houghton, James P.; Siegel, Michael D.; Wirsch, Anton; Moulton, Allen; Madnick, Stuart E.; e.a. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2014-05)
      In 1980, Jay Forrester enumerated three types of data needed to develop the structure and decision rules in models: numerical, written and mental data, in increasing order of importance. While this prioritization is ...