Automation, Control and complexity : An integrated approach / Edited by Tariq Samad, John Weyrauch - Chichester ; New York : John Wiley & Sons c2000 - viii, 328p. : ill. ; 25cm.

Contents


1. Introduction: Complexity management for automation and control

Part 1. Automation and people
2. Advanced technology in complex systems: Automation, people culture
3. The human factor in complexity
4. Perceived complexity and mental models in Human-computer interaction

Part 2. Sensing and control
5. Active multimodeling for autonomous systems
6. Randomized algorithms for control and optimization
7. Complexity management via biology
8. Sensors in control systems

Part 3. Software and complex systems
9. Managing the complexity software
10. Agents for complex control systems
11. System health management for complex systems

Part 4. Complexity management and networks
12. Current and future developments in air traffic control
13. Complex adaptive systems: concepts and power industry applications
14. National infrastructure as complex interactive networks
15. Multiscale networking, Robustness and rigor
16. Conclusions: Automation, control and complexity




Includes bibliographic references and Includes index

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