# Lecture Notes

Discussion notes courtesy of MIT Students. Used with permission.

Lecture notes files.
SES # | TOPICS | LECTURE NOTES | DISCUSSION NOTES
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1 | Present and future—The incorporation of social science and engineering into research and problem solving Guest: Joel Moses | (PDF) (PDF - 1.8MB) |
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 engineering systems: 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 | (PDF - 1.2MB) |
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) |