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List
of Papers for 2000:
(in reverse chronological order)

ESD-WP-2000-04: Surviving
and Thriving in the New World of Web Aggregators
by Stuart
Madnick, Michael Siegel, Mary Alice Frontini, Saraubh Khemka,
Steven Chan, Howard Pan
This paper
examines the development of aggregators, entities that collect
information from a wide range of sources, with or without prior
arrangements, and add value through post-aggregation services.
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ESD-WP-2000-03:
Challenges in the Better, Faster, Cheaper Era of Aeronautical
Design, Engineering and Manufacturing
The
purpose of this paper is to examine some of the underlying reasons
for BFC and offer some thoughts on to help frame the thinking
and action of aerospace industry professionals in this new era.
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ESD-WP-2000-02:
Ideas on Complexity in Systems – Twenty Views
The
purpose of this paper is to catalogue the ideas of a number of
systems thinkers in the area of complexity. I have either quoted
directly or done my best to properly paraphrase these ideas. I
hope that this note will be useful as we begin to think through
the "discipline" of engineering systems to be developed by the
ESD faculty.
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ESD-WP-2000-01:
Toward Engineering Systems as a Discipline
The
purpose of this paper is to work toward a definition of the discipline
of engineering systems and is primarily intended to stimulate
discussion on this topic.
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