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