Novel Complexity Indicator of Manufacturing Process Chains and Its Relations to Indirect Complexity Indicators

<table class="table-group" id="tab15"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left"> </td><td class="align_center">Assumption <br/>Number 1</td><td class="align_center">Assumption <br/>Number 2</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Metric by Deshmukh</td><td class="align_center"><span style="width: 8.98583ptpx;"><svg height="9.23375pt" id="M126" style="vertical-align:-0.7022505pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.5315 8.98583 9.23375" width="8.98583pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M628 634C612 639 596 645 581 650C449 522 337 348 293 156C284 188 271 223 251 258C221 311 191 333 164 333C135 333 80 317 53 304L59 279C120 288 138 279 167 245C235 166 270 39 273 -17C274 -35 286 -50 303 -50C317 -50 344 -31 344 4C344 291 465 472 628 634Z" id="g114-169"></path><glyph.data ascent="3473" descent="-2876" horiz-adv-x="681" vert-adv-y="681" xpluscharwidth="8.853"></glyph.data></g></svg></span></td><td class="align_center">N/A</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Metric by Frizelle</td><td class="align_center">x</td><td class="align_center">N/A</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Metric by Zhang</td><td class="align_center">x</td><td class="align_center"><span style="width: 8.98583ptpx;"><svg height="9.23375pt" id="M127" style="vertical-align:-0.7022505pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.5315 8.98583 9.23375" width="8.98583pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M628 634C612 639 596 645 581 650C449 522 337 348 293 156C284 188 271 223 251 258C221 311 191 333 164 333C135 333 80 317 53 304L59 279C120 288 138 279 167 245C235 166 270 39 273 -17C274 -35 286 -50 303 -50C317 -50 344 -31 344 4C344 291 465 472 628 634Z" id="g114-169"></path><glyph.data ascent="3473" descent="-2876" horiz-adv-x="681" vert-adv-y="681" xpluscharwidth="8.853"></glyph.data></g></svg></span></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Novel metric</td><td class="align_center"><span style="width: 8.98583ptpx;"><svg height="9.23375pt" id="M128" style="vertical-align:-0.7022505pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.5315 8.98583 9.23375" width="8.98583pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M628 634C612 639 596 645 581 650C449 522 337 348 293 156C284 188 271 223 251 258C221 311 191 333 164 333C135 333 80 317 53 304L59 279C120 288 138 279 167 245C235 166 270 39 273 -17C274 -35 286 -50 303 -50C317 -50 344 -31 344 4C344 291 465 472 628 634Z" id="g114-169"></path><glyph.data ascent="3473" descent="-2876" horiz-adv-x="681" vert-adv-y="681" xpluscharwidth="8.853"></glyph.data></g></svg></span></td><td class="align_center"><span style="width: 8.98583ptpx;"><svg height="9.23375pt" id="M129" style="vertical-align:-0.7022505pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.5315 8.98583 9.23375" width="8.98583pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M628 634C612 639 596 645 581 650C449 522 337 348 293 156C284 188 271 223 251 258C221 311 191 333 164 333C135 333 80 317 53 304L59 279C120 288 138 279 167 245C235 166 270 39 273 -17C274 -35 286 -50 303 -50C317 -50 344 -31 344 4C344 291 465 472 628 634Z" id="g114-169"></path><glyph.data ascent="3473" descent="-2876" horiz-adv-x="681" vert-adv-y="681" xpluscharwidth="8.853"></glyph.data></g></svg></span></td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Comparison of complexity indicators according to the specified assumptions.

Complexity

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Table 15

Table 15: Novel Complexity Indicator of Manufacturing Process Chains and Its Relations to Indirect Complexity Indicators 