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RIVER PUBLISHERS SERIES IN AUTOMATION, CONTROL AND ROBOTICS
Title Page - Systems, Cybernetics, Control, and Automation Ontological, Epistemological, Societal, and Ethical Issues
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Contents
Preface
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
Names and Achievements of SCCA Pioneers
Abstracts
Chapter 1 - Introductory Concepts and Outline of the Book
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Systems Theory, System Dynamics, and Cybernetics: A Preliminary Look
1.2.1 Systems Theory and System Dynamics
1.2.2 Cybernetics
1.3 Control and Automation: A Preliminary Look
1.3.1 Control
1.3.2 Automation
1.4 Societal and Ethical Issues
1.5 Systems Philosophy
1.6 Control and Cybernetics Philosophy
1.7 Outline of the Book
References
Chapter 2 - Basics of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, and Philosophy of Technology
2.1 Introduction
2.2 What is Philosophy?
2.3 Principal Branches of Philosophy
2.4 Further Branches of Philosophy
2.5 Philosophy of Science
2.5.1 General Issues
2.5.2 What is Science?
2.6 Philosophy of Technology
2.6.1 Historical Note
2.6.2 What is Technology?
2.7 Fundamental Questions in Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Technology
2.7.1 Philosophy of Science
2.7.2 Philosophy of Technology
2.8 Conclusions
References
Chapter 3 - Background Concepts: Systems Ontology, History and Taxonomy
3.1 Introduction
3.2 What is a System?
3.3 Systems’ Ontological Elements
3.4 Brief Historical Review of Systems
3.4.1 Precursors’ Period
3.4.2 Pioneer’s Period
3.4.3 Innovators’ Period
3.5 Systems Taxonomy
3.6 A Comprehensive List of System Categories
3.7 Conclusions
References
Chapter 4 - General Systems Theory and System Dynamics
4.1 Introduction
4.2 What is the General Systems Theory?
4.3 What is Isomorphism in GST?
4.4 What is System Dynamics?
4.5 What is Systems Thinking?
4.6 Axioms of General Systems Theory
4.7 Conclusions
References
Chapter 5 - Cybernetics
5.1 Introduction
5.2 What is Cybernetics?
5.3 Brief Historical Review of Cybernetics
5.4 First- and Second-Order Cybernetics
5.4.1 First-Order Cybernetics
5.4.2 Second-Order Cybernetics
5.5 Social Systems and Sociocybernetics
5.5.1 Social Systems
5.5.2 Sociocybernetics
5.5.3 Organizational Cybernetics
5.6 Conclusions
References
Chapter 6 - Control
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Feedback and Control
6.2.1 What is Feedback?
6.2.2 What is Control?
6.3 Brief Historical Review of Feedback Control
6.3.1 Prehistoric and Early Control Period
6.3.2 Pre-Classical Control Period
6.3.3 Classical Control Period
6.3.4 Modern Control Period
6.4 Classical Control Epistemology
6.4.1 Transfer Functions and Stability
6.4.2 Closed-Loop Controlled Systems and Performance Specifications
6.4.3 Root-Locus and Frequency Response Methods
6.4.4 Compensators
6.4.5 Discrete-Time Control Systems
6.5 Modern Control Epistemology
6.5.1 State Space Modeling, Controllability, and Observability
6.5.2 Lyapunov Stability
6.5.3 State Feedback Control
6.5.4 Optimal and Stochastic Control
6.5.5 Model-Free Control
6.6 Networked Control Systems
6.7 Conclusions
References
Chapter 7 - Complex and Nonlinear Systems
7.1 Introduction
7.2 What is a Complex System?
7.3 What is Complexity?
7.4 Opinions about Complex Systems
7.5 Measurement of Complexity
7.6 Nonlinear Systems: Bifurcations, Chaos, Strange Attractors, and Fractals
7.6.1 General Issues
7.6.2 Bifurcations
7.6.3 Chaos and Strange Attractors
7.6.4 Fractals
7.7 Emergence
7.8 Complex Adaptive Systems
7.9 Adaptation
7.9.1 What is Adaptation?
7.9.2 Historical Note
7.9.3 Adaptation Mechanisms
7.10 Self-Organization
7.10.1 What is self-organization?
7.10.2 Mechanisms of Self-Organization
7.10.3 Examples of self-organization
7.11 Conclusions
References
Chapter 8 - Automation
8.1 Introduction
8.2 What is Automation?
8.3 Industrial versus Office Automation
8.3.1 Industrial Automation
8.3.2 Office Automation Systems
8.4 Further Examples of Industrial Automation
8.4.1 Robotic Automation
8.4.2 Aircraft Automation
8.4.3 Air Traffic Control
8.4.4 Automated Driving Vehicles
8.5 Human–Machine Interfaces and Virtual Reality in Automation
8.5.1 Human–Machine Interfaces
8.5.2 Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR) Systems
8.5.3 VR-based Medical Systems and Simulators
8.6 Human Factors in Automation
8.7 Conclusions
References
Chapter 9 - Societal Issues
9.1 Introduction
9.2 What is Society?
9.3 Systems Theory in Society Development
9.4 Cybernetics and Society
9.5 The Impact of Control
9.6 The Impact of Automation on Society
9.7 Conclusions
References
Chapter 10 - Ethical and Philosophical Issues
10.1 Introduction
10.2 What is Ethics?
10.3 Ethics of Systems Engineering
10.3.1 What is Systems Engineering?
10.3.2 Ethics of Systems Engineering
10.4 Ethics of Systems Thinking
10.5 Ethics of Cybernetics
10.6 Ethics of Control and Automation
10.6.1 General Issues
10.6.2 Roboethics
10.6.3 Professional Codes of Ethics
10.7 Ethics of Management Control
10.8 Systems Philosophy
10.8.1 What is Systems Philosophy?
10.8.2 A Look at the Evolution of Systems Philosophy
10.9 Control and Cybernetics Philosophy
10.10 Conclusions
References
A Selection of Books on Systems, Cybernetics, Control, and Automation
Index
About the Author
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