Technological Concepts and Mathematical Models in the Evolution of Modern Engineering Systems

Controlling • Managing • Organizing

Inbunden, Engelska, 2003

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Beskrivning

This collection of historical research studies covers the evolution of technology as knowledge, the emergence of an autonomous engineering science in the Industrial Age, the idea of scientific managment of production and operation systems, and the interaction between mathematical models and technological concepts.The book is published with the support of the UNESCO Venice Office - Regional Office for Science & Technology in Europe as an activity of the Project: The evolution of events, concepts and models in engineering systems.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2003-11-27
Mått:155 x 235 x 22 mm
Vikt:620 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:246
Upplaga:2004
Förlag:Birkhauser Verlag AG
ISBN:9783764369408

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Innehållsförteckning

I Mathematical Methods and Technological Thought: Historical Aspects.- 1 Mathematical Methods in Preindustrial Technology and Machines.- 2 Organization and Mathematics: A Look into the Prehistory of Industrial Engineering Ana Millön Gasca.- 3 Technological Innovation and New Mathematics: van der Pol and the Birth of Nonlinear Dynamics.- 4 Trasferring Formal and Mathematical Tools from War Management to Political, Technological, and Social Intervention (1940-1960).- II Technological Knowledge and Mathematical Models in the Analysis, Planning, and Control of Modern Engineering Systems.- 5 Technological Concepts and Mathematical Models in the Evolution of Control Engineering.- 6 Feedback: A Technique and a “Tool for Thought”.- 7 Adequacy of Mathematical Models in Control Theory, Physics, and Environmental Science.- 8 The Development of Systems Science: Concepts of Knowledge as Seen from the Western and Eastern Perspective.- 9 Coping With Complexity in the Management of Organized Systems.- Index of Names.- Authors.