If you do believe that your industrial system is really complex, then...
RAIRO - Operations Research - Recherche Opérationnelle, Special Issue on Complexity and Industrial Systems, Tome 29 (1995) no. 3, pp. 225-243. 
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Le Moigne, Jean-Louis. If you do believe that your industrial system is really complex, then.... RAIRO - Operations Research - Recherche Opérationnelle, Special Issue on Complexity and Industrial Systems, Tome 29 (1995) no. 3, pp. 225-243. http://www.numdam.org/item/RO_1995__29_3_225_0/

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