Systems and Control Encyclopedia Supplementary Volume 1

"In all the Supplement represents a significant improvement in the Encycopedia and demonstrates the dedication of the editor to make improvements as well as maintain the currency of the original effort. We can look forward to further supplements to continue to improve the balance of coverage, and for the Encyclopedia to maintain its status as the premier work of first reference in the field." --Information and Design Technologies

• (partial) Artificial intelligence in banking and finance. Ceramics industry: modelling and control of thermal processes. Civil engineering structures: active damping control. Computer systems: reliability. Computer-aided control design: workstation environment. Computer systems: reliability. Control systems reliability. Decision support systems for strategic decision making. Distillation: control structures. Expert database systems. Expert systems for managers: design issues. Fault diagnosis: model-based techniques. Fuzzy relational equations: knowledge engineering applications. Group decision support systems. Knowledge analysis in power plants. pH processes: adaptive control. Reservoir systems: operational flood control. Robot force control. Servomechanisms theory and design: early history. Simulation languages. Synthetic biology and osmotic growths. Trentowski's Cybernetyka. Vehicle control through computer vision.1000 lit. refs. approx., 337 illus.