This class includes a design project based on a CLIOS (complex, large-scale, interconnected, open, and sociotechnical) system. (Image by MIT OpenCourseWare, adapted from Prof. Joseph Sussman.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Joseph Sussman
MIT Course Number
ESD.04J / 1.041J / ESD.01J
As Taught In
Spring 2007
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This class provides an introduction to quantitative models and qualitative frameworks for studying complex engineering systems. Also taught is the art of abstracting a complex system into a model for purposes of analysis and design while dealing with complexity, emergent behavior, stochasticity, non-linearities and the requirements of many stakeholders with divergent objectives. The successful completion of the class requires a semester-long class project that deals with critical contemporary issues which require an integrative, interdisciplinary approach using the above models and frameworks.