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Engineering Systems Doctoral Seminar >> Content Detail

Lecture Notes


WEEK #	TOPICS	SLIDES	TRANSCRIPTS


1	Introduction and Overview	(PDF)	(PDF)


2	Engineering Systems as a Field of Study	(PDF)	(PDF)


3	ESD Foundations: Systems Thinking	(PDF)	(PDF)


4	ESD in Context: Systems Engineering	(PDF 1) (PDF 2)	(PDF)


5	ESD in Context: Technology Implementation; Fragility and Robustness in Complex Systems	(PDF)	(PDF)


6	ESD Foundations: Systems Design and Systems Architecture	(PDF 1) (PDF 2)	(PDF)


7	ESD in Context: Aerospace Industry	(PDF)	(PDF)


8	ESD Foundations: Complexity Science (Part I)	(PDF)	(PDF)


9	Mid-Point Review and ESD Foundations: Socio-Technical Systems	(PDF 1) (PDF 2) (PDF 3) (PDF 4)	(PDF)


10	ESD Foundations: Uncertainty and Decision Theory in Complex Systems	(PDF)	(PDF)


11	ESD in Context: Regulatory Systems	(PDF)	(PDF)


12	ESD Foundations: Large-Scale Systems Change	(PDF 1) (PDF 2)	(PDF)


13	ESD in Context: Global Systems	(PDF 1) (PDF 2)	(PDF)


14	Special Focus on Simulation Models and ESD Foundations: Agent Models, Genetic Algorithms, and Evolutionary Theory	(PDF 1) (PDF 2)	(PDF)


15	Conclusion: Architecting Engineering Systems as a Field of Study (Part I)	(PDF)	(PDF)