Engineering Systems Division: Recent submissions

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    • Understanding Crude Oil Transport Strategies in North America 

      Carlson, S. Joel; Sussman, Joseph M. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2014-03)
      On July 6, 2013, an oil-laden unit train derailed and exploded in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, killing 47 people, shocking many, and leading to significantly increased public scrutiny of crude oil by rail. Simultaneously, there ...

    • Improving the Systems Engineering Process with Multilevel Analysis of Interactions 

      Eppinger, Steven D.; Joglekar, Nitin R.; Olechowski, Alison L.; Teo, Terence (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2014-03)
      The systems engineering V (SE-V) is an established process model to guide the development of complex engineering projects (INCOSE, 2011). The SE-V process involves decomposition and integration of system elements through ...

    • Revisiting the Question: Are Systems of Systems just (traditional) Systems or are they a new class of Systems? 

      Mekdeci, Brian; Shah, Nirav; Ross, Adam Michael; Rhodes, Donna H.; Hastings, Daniel E. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2014-03)
      This paper revisits a question asked and debated widely over the past decade: are Systems of Systems (SoS) just traditional systems or are they a new class of systems? Many have argued that SoS are a new class of systems, ...