Springer Handbook of Automation

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Nof, Shimon Y. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Artificial intelligence.; Computer science.; Computer engineering.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Computer Applications.; Computational Intelligence.; Electrical Engineering.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78831-7

Automation is undergoing a major transformation in scope and dimension and plays an increasingly important role in the global economy and in our daily lives. Engineers combine automated devices with mathematical and organizational tools to create complex systems for a rapidly expanding range of appl...

Table of Contents:

• Part A: Development and Impacts of Automation
• Part B: Automation Theory and Scientific Foundations
• Part C: Automation Design: Theory, Elements, and Methods
• Part D: Automation Design: Theory and Methods for Integration
• Part E: Automation Management
• Part F: Industrial Automation
• Part G Infrastructure and Service Automation
• Part H: Automation in Medical and Healthcare Systems
• Part I: Home, Office, and Enterprise Automation
• Acknowledgements
• About the Authors
• Subject Index.