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Modeling and Analyzing Cost, Schedule, and Performance in Complex System Product Development

by TYSON RODGERS BROWNING B.S., Engineering Physics Abilene Christian University, 1993 S.M., Technology and Policy S.M., Aeronautics and Astronautics Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996 Submitted to the Technology, Management, and Policy Program in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in TECHNOLOGY, MANAGEMENT, AND POLICY at the MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY December 1998 © 1998 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. All rights reserved.

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Modeling and Analyzing Cost, Schedule, and Performance in Complex System Product Development

Tyson Rodgers Browning tyson@alum.mit.edu

Abstract

In the...