I am the originator and I have published the concept of dynamically interacting technology system components (THIO) in US and UK journals during 1987-88 period as follows:
(1) TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE, Volume 32, Number 1, Pages 19-35, 1987, Elsevier Publishing, USA.
"Components of Technology for
Resources Transformation" ;
and
(2) SCIENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY, Volume 15, Number 4, Pages 217-229, August 1988, Beech Tree Publishing, UK. "Technology and Economics: Basis for Techno-Economic Policy Analysis"