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Production engineering for self-organizing complex systems

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Today’s models in production engineering are mainly based on quasi-stationary design assumptions. With increasing dynamics, models reflecting the nonlinear characteristics of production are becoming increasingly relevant. Several approaches have been formulated to design self-organizing systems, leading to good results with regards to the efficiency in which dynamics are mastered by local interaction of a system’s entities. While in self-organization a system’s characteristics emerge bottom-up, effectiveness is designed into a system by an analytical, top-down design approach. The paper discusses how a target oriented analytical design approach can be combined with the concept of self-organization and shows its application and impact on practical examples.

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The research on the configuration of individualized production is funded by the Cluster of Excellence “Integrative Production Technology for High Wage Countries” (German Research Foundation, DFG).

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  1. Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

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Schuh, G., Gottschalk, S. Production engineering for self-organizing complex systems. Prod. Eng. Res. Devel. 2, 431–435 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11740-008-0120-6

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