Virtual local manufacturing communities : online simulations of future workshop systems / William Sims Bainbridge.
By: Bainbridge, William Sims [author.]
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TextSeries: Service systems and innovations in business and society collection: Publisher: New York, NY : Business Expert Press, 2019Edition: First edition.General Notes: Available on the Davenport University Library database page in the "e-books Business Expert Press" e-library.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.Description: 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781948580731.Subject(s): Virtual reality in management | Manufacturing industries -- Technological innovations | Social media -- Economic aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 621.8 Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge. | Publisher's website. | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| E-book | Davenport Library e-book | E-book | 621.8 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not For Loan | ebk-1171 |
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Includes bibliographical references.
Chapter 1. Virtual exploration of real possibilities -- Chapter 2. The universe of online virtual worlds -- Chapter 3. Principles of virtual manufacturing -- Chapter 4. Modes of work-related communication -- Chapter 5. Socio-economic structure and dynamics -- Chapter 6. Artificial intelligence in the human-technology system -- Chapter 7 Large-scale technical and cultural variation.
This book deeply explores 30 of these production-capable social media, based on thousands of hours of observation and extensive collection of statistical data, extracting hypotheses that may generalize to the real-world distributed manufacturing of the near future. This book begins with an overview of this universe of online virtual worlds then demonstrates the principles of virtual manufacturing, modes of work-related communication, socio-economic structures and dynamics, and the function of artificial intelligence in these human-technology systems. It concludes with consideration of the large-scale technical and cultural variation illustrated both by individual examples and by the rather large industry in which they have long been successful.
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