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Managing Complexity with the Department of Defense Architecture Framework: Development of a Dynamic System Architecture Model
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2007-02)
Architecture frameworks are tools for managing system complexity by structuring data in a common language and format. By characterizing the form, function, and rules governing systems, architecture frameworks serve as a ...
Screening for Real Options “In” an Engineering System: A Step Towards Flexible System Development; PART I: The Use of Design Matrices to Create an End-to-End Representation of a Complex Socio-Technical System
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2006-05)
The goal of this research is to develop an analytical framework for screening for real options “in” an engineering system. Real options is defined in the finance literature as the right, but not the obligation, to take an ...
Controlling Change Within Complex Systems Through Pliability
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2012-03)
As systems become larger, more complex, and operate for longer periods of time, some change within the system often becomes inevitable. Particularly in systems of systems, with diverse stakeholders, evolutionary development ...
Revisiting the Question: Are Systems of Systems just (traditional) Systems or are they a new class of Systems?
(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, ...