Automation, Communication and Cybernetics in Science and Engineering 2011/2012

This book comprises the latest scientific publications of the employees of the IMA/ZLW & IfU - RWTH Aachen University. The employees are to about 50% from natural and engineering sciences and 50% humanities and social sciences allowing an interdisciplinary composition of all project teams. This interdisciplinary research approach and an even distribution of male and female coworkers cannot be found very often and thus makes its work so special.

• Foreword.- List of Contributors.- Part 1: Agile and Turbulence-Suitable Processes for Knowledge and Technology Intensive Organizations.-  Part 2: Next-Generation Teaching and Learning Concepts for Universities and the Economy.- Part 3: Cognitive IT-Supported Processes for Heterogeneous and Cooperative Systems.- Part 4: Target Group-Adapted User Models for Innovation and Technology Development Processes.- Part 5: Semantic Networks and Ontologies for Complex Value Chains and Virtual Environments.- Appendix: Monographs and Published Books from IMA/ZLW & IfU.