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- Presents a comprehensive survey of the fundamental humanistic and environmental concepts in a consolidated way, and shows how they combine to provide human and nature minding automation systems
- The depth of presentation is suitable for human automation and environmentally conscious courses as an introductory text, and also for independent study
Part of the book series: Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering (ISCA, volume 41)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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Dept. Electrical Engineering &, National Technical University, Athens, Greece
Spyros G. Tzafestas
About the author
Spyros G. Tzafestas received the B.Sc. in Physics (1963) and Graduate Diploma in Electronics (1965) from Athens University, Diploma of Electrical Engineering, from Imperial College (1967), M.Sc. (Eng.) in Control from London University (1967) and Ph.D. in Systems and Control from Southampton University, England (1969). From 1969 to 1973 he was Research Leader at the Computer Science Division of the Nuclear Research Center "Demokritos", Athens. From 1973 to 1984 he was Professor of Automatic Control at the University of Patras, and from 1985 to 2006 he was Professor of Control and Robotics at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece. Temporary visiting teaching and / or research positions include : University of Calabria, Italy (1985, 1987), University of Delft, The Netherlands (1991) and MIT, USA (1992). He is currently Director of the Institute of Communication and Control Systems, and as a Professor Emeritus he is leading the Intelligent Automation Systems Research Group engaged with research carried out in ICCS-NTUA mainly in the framework of national and European projects.
Dr Tzafestas is the Recipient of D.Sc. of Southampton University (1978), and Honorary Doctorates of the Technical University of Munich (Dr.-Ing. E.h., 1997) and the Ecole Centrale de Lille (Dr. Ing.-Honoris Causa, 2003). He has published 30 edited research books, 60 book chapters and over 700 Journal and Conference technical papers in the field of control, robotics and Intelligent Systems. He has been the coordinator of national and EU projects in the fields of IT, Intelligent systems, robotics, control and CIM. He is an associate editor of 15 Journals, and he was the Editor – in – Chief of the Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems (1988-2006) and of the Book Series "Micro processor – Based and Intelligent Systems Engineering, Kluwer (1993-2006). Presently, he is the Editor of the Springer book series on Intelligent Control and Automation Systems.
He is a Fellow of IEE, now IET (London), a Life Fellow of IEEE (New York) and a Member of ASME, NYAS and the Hellenic Technical Chamber (TEE). He received the Greek Society of Writers’ Award and the Ktesibios Award from the IEEE Mediterranean Control Association (2001). Dr Tzafestas has over the years organized and / or chaired several international conferences (IEEE, IMACS, SIRES, IASTED, EUCA).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Human and Nature Minding Automation
Book Subtitle: An Overview of Concepts, Methods, Tools and Applications
Authors: Spyros G. Tzafestas
Series Title: Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3562-2
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-3561-5Published: 18 December 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3127-1Published: 01 March 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-3562-2Published: 02 December 2009
Series ISSN: 2213-8986
Series E-ISSN: 2213-8994
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 346
Topics: Control, Robotics, Mechatronics, Engineering Design, User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, Robotics and Automation, Popular Science in Nature and Environment, Industrial Pollution Prevention