| LEC # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction and objectives | |
| 2 | Basic foundations for course emphasizing ways of thinking and biases | |
| 3 | Introduction to graphs, networks, hierarchies, and DSM's | |
| 4 | MATLAB® and network representations | |
| 5 | Discussion and identification of focus systems; project definition |
Assignment 1 due Project proposal due |
| 6 | Basic network metrics and operations | |
| 7 | Quantitative network fundamentals | |
| 8 | Canonical structures and their organizational implications | |
| 9 | Complexity and flexibility | Assignment 2 due |
| 10 | Constraints | |
| 11 | Network observational methods and quantitative metrics | |
| 12 | Student presentations on project status | Project status update due |
| 13 | Random networks | |
| 14 | Decomposition methods and modeling framework | |
| 15 | Affiliation networks | |
| 16 | Technological networks and constraints | |
| 17 | Scaling and allometry as constraints | |
| 18 | Organizational structures | |
| 19 | Advanced models of technological systems | |
| 20 | Modeling organizational architecture | |
| 21 | Student project reports | Quantitative aspects project report due |
| 22 | Studies of structure function and dynamics of complex systems | |
| 23 | Standards and the practice of complex system architecture, reuse and standards | |
| 24 | Role of materials innovation; final presentations | Project final presentation due |
| 25 |
Project presentations and course wrap-up Discussion of quality of emerging models and theoretical needs | Final written report due |