Extracting value from uncertainty: A methodology for engineering systems design

17th Annual International Symposium of the International Council on Systems Engineering, INCOSE 2007 - Systems Engineering: Key to Intelligent Enterprises

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 1245-1259

  Cardin, Michel Alexandre ^a   Nuttall, William J ^b   de Neufville, Richard ^a   Dahlgren, John ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MITRE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN METHODOLOGY; ENGINEERING SYSTEM DESIGN; ENGINEERING SYSTEMS; INVESTMENT PROJECTS; MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; PRACTICAL PROCEDURES; QUANTITATIVE DESIGN; REAL OPTIONS ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 84878064316     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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