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

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    • An Attempt at Complex System Classification 

      Magee, Christopher L.; de Weck, Olivier L. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2002-05)
      This paper searches for a useful taxonomy or classification scheme for complex Systems. There are two aspects to this problem: 1) distinguishing between Engineering Systems of interest to ESD (ES) and other Systems, and ...

    • Incorporating Uncertainty Into Conceptual Design of Space System Architectures 

      Hastings, Daniel E.; Weigel, Annalisa; Walton, Myles A. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2002-05)
      The environment in which space systems are developed and operated can be classified as nothing less than dynamic. However, it is clear that the methods and tools relied on in conceptual design are based on static assumptions ...

    • Global Comparison Aggregation Services 

      Zhu, Hongwei; Madnick, Stuart E.; Siegel, Michael D. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2002-12)
      Web aggregation has been available regionally for several years, but this service has not been offered globally. As an example, using multiple regional comparison aggregators, we analyze the global prices for a Sony ...