Applying Holistic Thinking to the Problem of Determining the Future Availability of Technology

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 440-444

  Kasser, Joseph E ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Diminishing manufacturing sources and material shortages (DMSMS); holistic thinking; obsolescence; problem solving; systems thinking; technology availability window of opportunity (TAWOO); technology readiness level (TRL)

Indexed keywords

AVAILABILITY; LIFE CYCLE; NASA; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BODY OF KNOWLEDGE; DIMINISHING MANUFACTURING SOURCES AND MATERIAL SHORTAGES (DMSMS); FITNESS FOR PURPOSE; HOLISTIC THINKING; PROBLEM SOLVING PROCESS; SYSTEMS THINKING; TECHNOLOGY READINESS LEVELS; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE;

OBSOLESCENCE;

EID: 84962862648     PISSN: 21682216     EISSN: 21682232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMC.2015.2438780     Document Type: Article

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