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http://eprints.org/relation/isVersionOf https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/document/2826 http://eprints.org/relation/isVolatileVersionOf https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/document/2826 http://eprints.org/relation/issmallThumbnailVersionOf https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/document/2826 archive 351 disk0/00/00/27/72 2016-01-15 01:56:47 2021-08-27 17:12:35 2016-01-15 01:56:47 monograph show 3 Casti J.L. 974 pub iis_mnt iis_mod iis_sys prog_tom In the world of manufacturing, considerable emphasis is placed upon properties of manufacturing systems described by the terms "flexibility", "complexity", "reliability", "self-repairing" and so forth. To understand and deal with such properties, one needs a theoretical framework allowing one to pose and analyze various questions surrounding the meaning and interrelations of these terms. This paper addresses the questions of what sort of system-theoretic frameworks would be likely candidates to form the basis for such a "theory of manufacturing." Our approach to the modeling problem is to examine several different paradigms that have proven useful in other fields - engineering, biology, linguistics, computer science, chemistry - and to explore the degree to which these "metaphors" can be used to characterize manufacturing systems. The paper concludes with an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of each metaphor and a suggestion for a program devoted to further development of the most promising approaches. 1986 published RR-86-004. Reprinted from Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 29(3):241-270 [1986] 10.1016/S0040-1625(86)80002-6 RP-86-004 [doi:10.1016/S0040-1625(86)80002-6] 10 1179 public research_reprint Technological Forecasting and Social Change 29 3 IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria 241-270 33 TRUE FALSE info:eu-repo/semantics/book