Lecture Notes

Discussion notes courtesy of MIT Students. Used with permission.

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1

Present and future—The incorporation of social science and engineering into research and problem solving

Guest: Joel Moses

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2

How do we know what we know?—The generation of cumulative knowledge in a field

Guest: David Kaiser

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3

Modeling paradigms in engineering systems: Useful models and various modeling approaches

Guest: Oliver de Weck

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4

System and enterprise architecture: Qualitative frameworks, quantitative models, and system representation

Guest: Donna Rhodes

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5

Uncertainty and its analysis in engineering systems

Guest: Mort Webster

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6

Complexity in socio–technical systems

Guest: Stuart Kauffman

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7

Complexity and urban systems

Guest: Chris Kegras

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8

Network analysis in socio–technical systems

Guest: Marta Gonzalez

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9 Historical roots of engineering systems    
10

Poverty as a problem in complex systems (and empirical study)

Guest: Abhijeet Banerjee

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11

Human dynamics and cognitive science in engineering systems

Guest: Sandy Pentland

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12

Sustainability and engineering systems

Guest: Noelle Selin

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13

Engineering design and design of complex socio–technical systems

Guest: Richard de Neufville

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14 Policy design/course wrap–up (PDF - 1.0MB)