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Article: Chaos theory applied to manufacturing.
- Article from:
- Modern Machine Shop
- Article date:
- April 1, 1999
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The Chaos theory and manufacturing at first glance appear to be at best very strange partners. The very word "chaos" infers negative things that no one wants to associate with an efficiently run shop. For example, the dictionary definition of chaos is great confusion, complete disorder, a confused mass or mixture, the infinite space or formless matter before the universe existed. And because of this negative connotation, there has been a gradual shift to the term Complexity Science to describe Chaos projects. But, ever since the Chaos theory was developed in the 1980s, scientists, researchers, and engineers are reaching a growing awareness that it is offering them new ...
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