The neoclassical models of economics seem to have eluded the concept of physical limits to growth by assuming that the market and the technological advances evoked by it will make it possible to tap new resources and create substitution of production factors. They have also rarely addressed...

Purpose: Manufacturing systems include a complicated combination of resources, such as materials, labors, and machines. Hence, when the manufacturing systems are faced with a problem related to the availability of resources it is difficult to identify the root of the problem accurately and...