Engineering Systems Division (ESD) Working Paper Series: Recent submissions

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    • The Evolving Role of Systems Analysis in Process and Methods in Large-Scale Public Socio-Technical Systems 

      Marks, David H. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2002-05)
      The ESD definition of Large-Scale Socio-Technical Systems is large-scale and complex systems in which both human and non-human elements interact where the social and/or management dimensions tend to dominate. The word ...

    • The Concept of a CLIOS Analysis Illustrated by the Mexico City Case 

      Dodder, Rebecca (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2002-05)
      The term CLIOS (Complex, Large-scale, Integrated, Open Systems) was conceived as way to capture the salient characteristics of a class of systems that are of growing interest to researchers, decisionmakers, policy makers ...

    • Collected Views on Complexity in Systems 

      Sussman, Joseph M. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2002-05)
      The term complexity is used in many different ways in the systems domain. The different uses of this term may depend upon the kind of system being characterized, or perhaps the disciplinary perspective being brought to ...