# System Architecture

The concepts and practice of system architecture are relevant to the design of both simple products, like a skateboard, and highly complex systems, like the Space Shuttle. (Skateboard by MIT OCW. Space Shuttle photo courtesy of NASA.)

### Instructor(s)

Prof. Edward Crawley

### MIT Course Number

ESD.34

### As Taught In

January IAP 2007

### Level

Graduate

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Some Description
Instructor(s) | Prof.
As Taught In | Spring 2002
Course Number | 2.24
Level | Undergraduate/Graduate
Features | Lecture Notes, Student Work

## Course Description

## Course Features

- Selected lecture notes
- Assignments: activity (no examples)

## Course Highlights

This course is offered during the Independent Activities Period (IAP), which is a special 4-week term at MIT that runs from the first week of January until the end of the month.

## Course Description

This course covers principles and methods for technical System Architecture. It presents a synthetic view including: the resolution of ambiguity to identify system goals and boundaries; the creative process of mapping form to function; and the analysis of complexity and methods of decomposition and re-integration. Industrial speakers and faculty present examples from various industries. Heuristic and formal methods are presented. Restricted to SDM (System Design and Management) students.

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Edward Crawley. ESD.34 System Architecture. January IAP 2007. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.

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