Analyzing Complexity of Enterprise Production System Based on CAS Theory

Author

Zhang Junwei ; Deng Xiuquan ; Bai Bing ; Gao Dehua

Author_Institution

Sch. of Econ. & Manage., Beihang Univ., Beijing, China

fYear

2011

fDate

12-14 Aug. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Production system consists of several sub-systems, and there exists complex interactions between sub-systems. Also, the production system itself has to adapt to the environment. Based on the definition of enterprise production system and complex adaptive system (CAS) theory, this paper built a basic structure for enterprise production system, analyzed the components, sources and features of enterprise production system´s complexity, broadened the research perspective of production system. According to professor Holland´s definition for the 7 basic characteristics of CAS, this study elaborated the CAS characteristics of enterprise production system, discussed the interactions within production system and between production system and environment, revealed the adaptability and complexity features of production system as a CAS. This research will be helpful to further study of enterprise production system.

Keywords

computational complexity; manufacturing systems; CAS characteristics; CAS theory; complex adaptive system theory; enterprise production systems; production systems complexity features; Adaptive systems; Complexity theory; Economics; Materials; Presses; Production systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Management and Service Science (MASS), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wuhan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6579-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMSS.2011.5997900

Filename

5997900