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    • Epistemology in Engineering Systems 

      Frey, Daniel (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2003-12)
      The engineering systems division at MIT has adopted an official vision statement -- “ESD will be a leader in understanding, modeling, predicting and affecting the structure and behavior of technologically enabled complex ...
    • ITS: What We Know Now that We Wish We Knew Then: A Retrospective on the ITS 1992 Strategic Plan 

      Sussman, Joseph M. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2003-09)
      From September 1991 until June 1992, a core writing team, which included the author, worked on what was the first Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) strategic plan in the United States. This plan was entitled, "A ...
    • Lean Transformation in the U.S. Aerospace Industry: Appreciating Interdependent Social and Technical Systems 

      Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Joel (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2003-08)
      Lean practices and principles build on a half-century of successive initiatives aimed at transforming social and technical systems in organizations. While they are seen as central to the revitalization of the U.S. aerospace ...