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Functions in Design and Operation of SCPS

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The purposes of this chapter are to introduce existing engineering frameworks for documentation and modelling of SCPS, and to explain how functional concepts currently play an important but not fully developed role in design and operation.

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    This paragraph is partly based on input from Prof. S. Bay Jørgensen.

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Lind, M. (2024). Functions in Design and Operation of SCPS. In: Foundations for Functional Modeling of Technical Artefacts. Design Research Foundations. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45918-4_3

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