A framework for multi-resolution modeling of sustainable manufacturing

This paper proposes a multi-resolution framework for application of system dynamics modeling to sustainable manufacturing. Sustainable manufacturing involves interaction of four complex systems namely manufacturing, environmental, financial, and social domains. The proposed framework integrates model components corresponding to the four major domains. Conceptual models are proposed at two levels of resolution for each of the four domains with models provided in this paper for the manufacturing domain.

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