Automation, Friend or Foe?

R. H. MacMillan (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

118 Seiten

2012
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-107-65166-1 (ISBN)

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This book was first published in 1956 in response to growing concerns about the rise of automation. The purpose of the volume was to illustrate the history and principles of automation, its advantages and limitations, and the social and economic implications of adopting new systems of automatic control.

This book was first published in 1956 in response to growing concerns about the rise of automation. Whilst many readers would have heard of automation, few would have had a clear idea of what it was, and what consequences would follow in its wake. The purpose of this volume was to illustrate the history and principles of automation, its advantages and limitations, and the social and economic implications of adopting new systems of automatic control.

List of illustrations; Introduction; 1. The development of automatic control; 2. The evolution of automatic production; 3. Control system design problems; 4. The economics of automation; 5. Automatic computers; 6. Present impact and future prospects; Further reading; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	2.2.2012
Zusatzinfo	Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	127 x 203 mm
Gewicht	140 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
	Naturwissenschaften
	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
ISBN-10	1-107-65166-2 / 1107651662
ISBN-13	978-1-107-65166-1 / 9781107651661
Zustand	Neuware