This book presents a new understanding on how control systems truly operate, and explains how to recognize, simulate, and improve control systems in all fields of activity.

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Utgivningsdatum:2021-04-02
Mått:155 x 235 x 53 mm
Vikt:1 472 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Contemporary Systems Thinking
Antal sidor:848
Upplaga:2
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030641931

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Piero Mella is Full Professor of Business Economics and Control Theory at the Faculty of Economics, University of Pavia, Italy. He has authored dozens of publications (among which a treatise entitled Amministrazione d’Impresa [Management of the Firm], UTET Press), and for years he has researched systems theory from multiple perspectives.

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Part I: Discovering the “Ring”.- Chapter1. The Language of Systems Thinking for Control Systems.- Chapter 2. The Ring. The General Structure of Control Systems. Chapter 3. The Ring Variety. A Basic Typology.- Chapter 4. The Ring Completed. Multi-lever and Multi-objective Control Systems.- Chapter 5. The Ring. Observation and Design.- Part II: The Magic of the Ring.- Chapter 6. The Magic Ring in Action. Individuals.- Chapter 7. The Magic Ring in Action. Social Environment and Sustainability.- Chapter 8. The Magic Ring in Action. The Biological Environment.- Chapter 9. The Magic Ring in Action. Organizations.- Chapter 10. The Magic Ring in Action Explores Quality and Productivity. Chapter 11. The Magic Ring in Action: Control of Production and Stocks.- Chapter 12. The Magic Ring in Action: Control of Production and Stocks. Chapter 13. Concluding remarks. Toward a General Discipline of Control.