Thoroughly revised and updated second edition of the must-have handbook for automation experts Provides the most advanced and comprehensive summary of the technical, engineering and theoretical aspects of automation Offers tools to understand, design and implement automation solutions

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Shimon Y. Nof is Professor of Industrial Engineering at Purdue University and Director of the NSF and industry funded PRISM Center for Production, Robotics, and Integration Software for Manufacturing & Management. He earned his BSc and MSc in Industrial Engineering & Management from Technion, Israel Institute of Technology; his Ph.D. in Industrial & Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan. His professional merits include experience in full-time industrial and governmental positions and visiting professorships at MIT and at universities around the world. He was Secretary General and President of the International Foundation of Production Research, and Chair within the International Federation of Automatic Control. He pioneered knowledge-based/AI robotic facility design and control models, robot ergonomics, and collaborative control theory with task-administration algorithms and protocols.

Inhalt
Development and Impacts of Automation.- Automation Theory and Sceintific Foundations.- Automation Design: Theory, Elements, and Methods.- Automation Design: Theory and Methods of Integration.- Automation Management.- Industrial Automation.- Infrastructure and Service Automation.- Automation in Medical and Healthcare Systems.- Home, Office, and Enterprise Automation.- Automation Case Studies and Statistics.