Automation, Control and Complexity

TARIQ SAMAD is Corporate Fellow at Honeywell Automation and Control Solutions in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and an adjunct professor of Electrical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. A graduate of Yale University, Dr. Samad received his MSEE and PhD degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. His other edited publications include Perspectives in Control Engineering: Applications, Technology, New Developments and Automation, Control, and Complexity: An Integrated View, both available from Wiley/IEEE.

• Introduction: Complexity Management for Automation and Control (T. Samad). AUTOMATION AND PEOPLE. Advanced Technology in Complex Systems: Automation, People, Culture (E. Cochran & P. Bullemer). The Human Factor in Complexity (C. Miller). Perceived Complexity and Mental Models in Human-Computer Interaction (V. Riley). SENSING AND CONTROL. Active Multimodeling for Autonomous Systems (T. Samad). Randomized Algorithms for Control and Optimization (R. Kulhav?). Complexity Management via Biology (B. Morton & T. Samad). Sensors in Control Systems (J. Zook, et al.). SOFTWARE AND COMPLEX SYSTEMS. Managing the Complexity of Software (J. Krueger). Agents for Complex Control Systems (R. Sanz). System Health Management for Complex Systems (G. Hadden, et al.). COMPLEXITY MANAGEMENT AND NETWORKS. Current and Future Developments in Air Traffic Control (S. Green & J. Jackson). Complex Adaptive Systems: Concepts and Power Industry Applications (A. Wildberger). National Infrastructure as Complex Interactive Networks (M. Amin). Multiscale Networking, Robustness, and Rigor (J. Doyle). Conclusions: Automation, Control, and Complexity (J. Weyrauch). Current Affiliations and Addresses of Contributors. Indexes.