Systems Thinking

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Product Design and Development
Prof. Matthew Kressy
Product Design and Development is a project-based course that covers modern tools and methods for product design and...
Engineering Marketing Operations
advanced
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Introduction to System Dynamics
Prof. John Sterman
Introduction to systems thinking and system dynamics modeling applied to strategy, organizational change, and policy...
Management Operations Systems Engineering
advanced
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Nonlinear Optimization
Prof. Gabriele Farina
This course offers a unified analytical and computational approach to nonlinear optimization problems. Unconstrained...
Business & Management Data Science, Analytics & Computer Technology Science & Math
advanced
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Data, Models, and Decisions
Prof. Robert Freund
This course is designed to introduce first-year Sloan MBA students to the fundamental techniques of using data. In...
Data Science Systems Thinking Mathematics
advanced
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Design and Manufacturing II
Prof. Jung-Hoon Chun
This course introduces you to modern manufacturing with four areas of emphasis: manufacturing processes,...
Engineering Materials Science and Engineering Operations
intermediate
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Toy Product Design
Prof. David Wallace
Toy Product Design is an introduction to the product design process with a focus on designing for play and...
Systems Thinking Systems Engineering Mechanical Engineering
intermediate
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Introduction to Lean Six Sigma Methods
Earll Murman
This course covers the fundamental principles, practices and tools of Lean Six Sigma methods that underlay modern...
Engineering Systems Thinking Health Care Management
intermediate
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Optimization Methods
Prof. Dimitris Bertsimas
This course introduces the principal algorithms for linear, network, discrete, nonlinear, dynamic optimization and...
Systems Thinking Engineering Mathematics
advanced
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Performance Engineering of Software Systems
Prof. Charles Leiserson
6.172 is an 18-unit class that provides a hands-on, project-based introduction to building scalable and...
Engineering Systems Engineering Computer Science
intermediate
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Introduction to Convex Optimization
Prof. Stephen Boyd
This course aims to give students the tools and training to recognize convex optimization problems that arise in...
Engineering Electrical Engineering Mathematics
intermediate
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Engineering Design and Rapid Prototyping
Prof. Olivier de Weck
This course provides students with an opportunity to conceive, design and implement a product, using rapid...
Systems Thinking Aerospace Engineering Systems Engineering
intermediate
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Dynamic Systems and Control
Prof. Emilio Frazzoli
The course addresses dynamic systems, i.e., systems that evolve with time. Typically these systems have inputs and...
Systems Thinking Electrical Engineering Mathematics
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Software Engineering Concepts
Prof. Nancy Leveson
This is a reading and discussion subject on issues in the engineering of software systems and software development...
Engineering Systems Engineering Computer Science
advanced
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Optical Engineering
Prof. George Barbastathis
This course concerns the theory and practice of optical methods in engineering and system design, with an emphasis...
Physics Systems Engineering Engineering
advanced
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Systems Optimization
Prof. John Vande Vate
Managers and engineers are constantly attempting to optimize, particularly in the design and operation of complex...
Engineering Systems Thinking Supply Chain
advanced
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Principles of Autonomy and Decision Making
Prof. Brian Charles Williams
This course surveys a variety of reasoning, optimization and decision making methodologies for creating highly...
Machine Learning Systems Thinking AI
intermediate
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Lean/Six Sigma Processes
Prof. Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld
Students of this course will develop a broad understanding of Lean/Six Sigma principles and practices, build...
Operations Systems Engineering Engineering
advanced
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Modeling and Simulation of Dynamic Systems
Prof. Neville Hogan
This course models multi-domain engineering systems at a level of detail suitable for design and control system...
Systems Thinking Systems Engineering Mechanical Engineering
advanced
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Principles of Optimal Control
Prof. Jonathan P. How
This course studies basic optimization and the principles of optimal control. It considers deterministic and...
Aerospace Engineering Systems Engineering Systems Thinking
advanced
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Precision Machine Design
Prof. Martin Culpepper
Intensive coverage of precision engineering theory, heuristics, and applications pertaining to the design of systems...
Engineering Systems Engineering Mechanical Engineering
advanced
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Optimization Methods in Management Science
Prof. James Orlin
This course introduces students to the theory, algorithms, and applications of optimization. The optimization...
Systems Thinking Engineering Mathematics
intermediate
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System Architecture
Prof. Edward Crawley
This course covers principles and methods for technical System Architecture. It presents a synthetic view including:...
Systems Thinking Systems Engineering Engineering
advanced
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Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization
Prof. Dimitris Bertsimas
The course is a comprehensive introduction to the theory, algorithms and applications of integer optimization and is...
Mathematics Systems Engineering Systems Thinking
advanced
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Design of Electromechanical Robotic Systems
Prof. Franz Hover
This course covers the design, construction, and testing of field robotic systems, through team projects with each...
Engineering Systems Thinking Electrical Engineering
intermediate
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Dynamic Programming and Stochastic Control
Prof. Dimitri Bertsekas
The course covers the basic models and solution techniques for problems of sequential decision making under...
Electrical Engineering Mathematics Systems Engineering
advanced
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Network Optimization
Prof. James Orlin
15.082J/6.855J/ESD.78J is a graduate subject in the theory and practice of network flows and its extensions. Network...
Engineering Digital Business & IT Mathematics
advanced
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System Dynamics Self Study
Prof. Jay Forrester
Many books and thousands of papers cover the field of system dynamics. With all of these resources available, it can...
Engineering Systems Thinking Management
advanced
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Product Engineering Process
Prof. David Wallace
In this hands-on undergraduate class, students work in large teams of approximately 15-20 individuals to design and...
Systems Engineering Mechanical Engineering Strategy & Innovation
intermediate
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Principles of Computer System Design: An Introduction
Jerome H. Saltzer
Principles of Computer System Design: An Introduction is published in two parts. Part I, containing chapters 1-6, is...
Systems Engineering Computer Science Systems Thinking
intermediate
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Global Health Informatics to Improve Quality of Care
Dr. Ken Paik
This course will explore innovations in information systems for health care delivery in developing countries, and...
Engineering Computer Science Health Care Management
advanced
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Logistical and Transportation Planning Methods
Richard C. Larson
The class will cover quantitative techniques of Operations Research with emphasis on applications in transportation...
Mathematics Urban Studies Systems Engineering
advanced
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Advanced System Architecture
Dr. Daniel E. Whitney
This course provides a deep understanding of engineering systems at a level intended for research on complex...
Systems Thinking Systems Engineering Engineering
advanced
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Engineering Innovation and Design
Blade Kotelly
Learn to produce great designs, be a more effective engineer, and communicate with high emotional and intellectual...
Systems Engineering Strategy & Innovation Engineering
intermediate
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IDS.333 Risk and Decision Analysis
Prof. Richard de Neufville
The course addresses a fundamental issue in system design and management, the need for engineering leaders to...
Systems Thinking Systems Engineering Engineering
advanced
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Organizing for Innovative Product Development
Heng Xu
This course introduces new product development. Topics include technology transfer, relations between science and...
Systems Engineering Organizations & Leadership Strategy & Innovation
advanced
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Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
Prof. George-Marios Angeletos
This course is a survey of modern macroeconomics at a quite advanced level. Topics include the neoclassical growth...
Economics Systems Engineering Engineering
intermediate
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System Dynamics II
Prof. John Sterman
Continuation of 15.871, emphasizing tools and methods needed to apply systems thinking and simulation modeling...
Systems Thinking Management Operations
advanced
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Quantifying Uncertainty
Dr. Sai Ravela
The ability to quantify the uncertainty in our models of nature is fundamental to many inference problems in Science...
Systems Thinking Algorithms and Data Structures Mathematics
intermediate
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Combinatorial Optimization
Prof. Santosh Vempala
Combinatorial Optimization provides a thorough treatment of linear programming and combinatorial optimization....
Systems Thinking Algorithms and Data Structures Mathematics
intermediate
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Space System Architecture and Design
Prof. Daniel Hastings
Space System Architecture and Design incorporates lectures, readings and discussion on topics in the architecting of...
Systems Thinking Aerospace Engineering Systems Engineering
advanced
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Robust System Design
Prof. Daniel Frey
This course was created for the “product development” track of MIT’s System Design and Management Program (SDM) in...
Mathematics Systems Engineering Engineering
advanced
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System Optimization and Analysis for Manufacturing
Prof. Stephen Graves
One objective of 15.066J is to introduce modeling, optimization and simulation, as it applies to the study and...
Mathematics Operations Systems Engineering
advanced
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Dynamic Optimization Methods with Applications
Prof. Guido Lorenzoni
This course focuses on dynamic optimization methods, both in discrete and in continuous time. We approach these...
Engineering Mathematics Economics
advanced
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Tools for Analysis: Design for Real Estate and Infrastructure Development
Prof. Richard de Neufville
This course is an introduction to the analytical tools that support design and decision-making in real estate and...
Systems Thinking Urban Studies Real Estate
advanced
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Experimental Projects I
Earll Murman
The Experimental Project Lab in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics is a two-semester course sequence:...
Aerospace Engineering Systems Engineering Computer Science
intermediate
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Engineering Systems Analysis for Design
Prof. Richard de Neufville
Engineering systems design must have the flexibility to take advantage of new opportunities while avoiding...
Engineering Systems Engineering Systems Thinking
advanced
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Nonlinear Programming
Prof. Robert Freund
This course introduces students to the fundamentals of nonlinear optimization theory and methods. Topics include...
Mathematics Systems Engineering Engineering
advanced
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Multidisciplinary System Design Optimization
Prof. Olivier de Weck
There is need for a rigorous, quantitative multidisciplinary design methodology that works with the non-quantitative...
Systems Engineering Systems Thinking Engineering
advanced
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Exploring Sea, Space, & Earth: Fundamentals of Engineering Design
Prof. Alexandra Techet
Student teams formulate and complete space/earth/ocean exploration-based design projects with weekly milestones....
Engineering Electrical Engineering Ocean Engineering
intermediate
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Airline Schedule Planning
Prof. Cynthia Barnhart
Explores a variety of models and optimization techniques for the solution of airline schedule planning and...
Urban Studies Systems Engineering Systems Thinking
advanced
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Form-Finding and Structural Optimization: Gaudi Workshop
Prof. Erik Demaine
Inspired by the work of the architect Antoni Gaudi, this research workshop will explore three-dimensional problems...
Systems Thinking Architecture Systems Engineering
advanced
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Communication System Design
Prof. Vladimir Stojanovic
This course presents a top-down approach to communications system design. The course will cover communication...
Electrical Engineering Systems Engineering Computer Science
advanced
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Integrating the Lean Enterprise
Prof. Deborah Nightingale
This class addresses some of the important issues involved with the planning, development, and implementation of...
Supply Chain Operations Systems Engineering
advanced
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Frameworks and Models in Engineering Systems / Engineering System Design
Prof. Joseph Sussman
This class provides an introduction to quantitative models and qualitative frameworks for studying complex...
Energy Systems Engineering Engineering
intermediate
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Prototypes to Products
Mr. Andrew Heafitz
For students and teams who have started a sustainable-development project in D-Lab (EC.701J or EC.720J), Product...
Climate Science Adaptation and Resilience Systems Thinking
intermediate
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Decision Making in Large Scale Systems
Prof. Daniela Pucci De Farias
This course is an introduction to the theory and application of large-scale dynamic programming. Topics include...
Economics Systems Engineering Computer Science
advanced
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free
Applications of System Dynamics
Prof. James Hines
15.875 is a project-based course that explores how organizations can use system dynamics to achieve important goals....
Operations Systems Engineering Systems Thinking
advanced
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Biological Engineering Programming
Prof. Andrew Endy
In this course problems from biological engineering are used to develop structured computer programming skills and...
Systems Thinking Systems Engineering Biological Engineering
intermediate
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Dynamic Optimization & Economic Applications (Recursive Methods)
Prof. Iván Werning
The unifying theme of this course is best captured by the title of our main reference book: “Recursive Methods in...
Engineering Economics Systems Engineering
advanced
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free
2nd Summer Introduction to Design
Prof. Alex Slocum
Introduce students to the creative design process, based on the scientific method and peer review, by application of...
Systems Engineering Mechanical Engineering Systems Thinking
intermediate
MIT OCW
free
Computation for Biological Engineers
Prof. Eric Alm
This course covers the analytical, graphical, and numerical methods supporting the analysis and design of integrated...
Systems Thinking Biological Engineering Biology
intermediate
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Systems Optimization: Models and Computation (SMA 5223)
Prof. Jie Sun
This class is an applications-oriented course covering the modeling of large-scale systems in decision-making...
Mathematics Systems Engineering Computer Science
advanced
MIT OCW
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System Design and Analysis based on AD and Complexity Theories
Prof. Nam Suh
This course studies what makes a good design and how one develops a good design. Students consider how the design of...
Systems Engineering Computer Science Mechanical Engineering
advanced
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Nuclear Systems Design Project
Prof. Michael Short
This capstone course is a group design project involving integration of nuclear physics, particle transport,...
Physics Energy Systems Engineering
intermediate
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Topics in Combinatorial Optimization
Prof. Michel Goemans
In this graduate-level course, we will be covering advanced topics in combinatorial optimization. We will start with...
Engineering Systems Thinking Mathematics
advanced
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Manufacturing Systems Analysis
Dr. Stanley Gershwin
This course covers the following topics: models of manufacturing systems, including transfer lines and flexible...
Mathematics Operations Systems Engineering
advanced
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Advanced Research Seminar in System Dynamics:
Prof. Hazhir Rahmandad
Doctoral-level advanced research seminar in system dynamics modeling with a focus on social, economic, and technical...
Engineering Systems Thinking Management
advanced
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Algebraic Techniques and Semidefinite Optimization
Prof. Pablo Parrilo
This research-oriented course will focus on algebraic and computational techniques for optimization problems...
Mathematics Systems Engineering Systems Thinking
advanced
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Biomolecular Feedback Systems
Domitilla Del Vecchio
This course focuses on feedback control mechanisms that living organisms implement at the molecular level to execute...
Engineering Systems Thinking Systems Engineering
intermediate