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Textbooks

My most significant publications are a sequence of textbooks, each designed to provide a comprehensive, cutting edge perspective on the application of engineering systems analysis in design.

Latest Texts

Cover of Flexibility and Real Estate ValuationFlexibility and Real Estate Valuation under Uncertainty: A Practical Guide for Developers
Wiley-Blackwell, UK and US, 2018.
with MIT Prof 
David Geltner.

This textbook provides a revolutionary conceptual framework and practical tools to quantify uncertainty and recognize the value of flexibility in real estate development.

Cover of Flexibility in Engineering Design textbookFlexibility in Engineering Design
MIT Press, Cambridge MA, 2011.
with Cambridge University Prof Stefan Scholtes.

A guide to using the power of design flexibility to improve the performance of complex technological projects, for designers, managers, users, and analysts.

Indian edition, PHI Learning of India, Delhi, 2013.

Cover of Airport Systems textbookAirport Systems Planning, Design, and Management
McGraw-Hill, New York, 2nd edition, 2013.
with MIT Prof 
Amedeo Odoni.

A practical, comprehensive guide to the planning, design, and management of airports by leading professionals.

Mandarin Chinese edition, Civil Aviation Publishing House of China, 2006.
Greek edition, Translation by Voula Psáraki-Kalouptsíde, Papasotepiou publisher, Athens, 2009.

Additional Textbooks

Applied Systems Analysis, Engineering Planning and Technology Management
McGraw-Hill, New York, 1990.

Airport Systems Planning
McMillan, London, UK and MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1976.

Systems Planning and Design
Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1974. edited with D. H. Marks.

Systems Analysis for Engineers and Managers
McGraw-Hill, New York, 1971. with J. H. Stafford.
Adapted and republished by Open University for Commonwealth, England, 1974.