Complexity in engineering design and manufacturing

CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 793-814

  Elmaraghy, Waguih ^a   Elmaraghy, Hoda ^a   Tomiyama, Tetsuo ^b   Monostori, Laszlo ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE AND CONTROL   (Hungary)

^d BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Complexity; Management; Manufacturing

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; COMPLEXITY MODELING; DESIGN PROCESS; ECONOMIC SYSTEM; ENGINEERING DESIGN; GLOBAL MANUFACTURING; MANUFACTURING COMPANIES; MANUFACTURING IS; MARKET UNCERTAINTY; MARKET VOLATILITY; SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS; TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS;

INDUSTRY; MANAGEMENT;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 84865685395     PISSN: 00078506     EISSN: 17260604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cirp.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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