Discussion notes courtesy of MIT Students. Used with permission.
SES # | TOPICS | LECTURE NOTES | DISCUSSION NOTES |
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1 |
ESD: Present and future—The incorporation of social science and engineering into research and problem solving Guest: Joel Moses |
(PDF) | |
2 |
How do we know what we know?—The generation of cumulative knowledge in a field Guest: David Kaiser | (PDF - 1.1MB) | |
3 |
Modeling paradigms in ES: Useful models and various modeling approaches Guest: Oliver de Weck | (PDF) | |
4 |
System and enterprise architecture: Qualitative frameworks, quantitative models, and system representation Guest: Donna Rhodes | (PDF) | |
5 |
Uncertainty and its analysis in engineering systems Guest: Mort Webster | (PDF - 1.1MB) | (PDF) |
6 |
Complexity in socio–technical systems Guest: Stuart Kauffman | (PDF - 1.2MB) | (PDF) |
7 |
Complexity and urban systems Guest: Chris Kegras | (PDF - 1.7MB) | (PDF) |
8 |
Network analysis in socio–technical systems Guest: Marta Gonzalez | (PDF - 1.0MB) | (PDF) |
9 | Historical roots of engineering systems | ||
10 |
Poverty as a problem in complex systems (and empirical study) Guest: Abhijeet Banerjee | ||
11 |
Human dynamics and cognitive science in engineering systems Guest: Sandy Pentland | (PDF) | (PDF) |
12 |
Sustainability and engineering systems Guest: Noelle Selin | (PDF) | (PDF) |
13 |
Engineering design and design of complex socio–technical systems Guest: Richard de Neufville | (PDF - 1.1MB) | |
14 | Policy design/course wrap–up | (PDF - 1.0MB) |