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3.5 Worldwide Surveys: What Does Automation Mean to People? ........ 43
3.5.1 How Do We Define Automation? .............................. 45
3.5.2 When and Where Did We Encounter Automation First
in Our Life? ..................................................... 47
3.5.3 What Do We Think Is the Major Impact/Contribution
of Automation to Humankind? ............................... 47
3.6 Emerging Trends .......................................................... 47
3.6.1 Automation Trends of the 20th and 21st Centuries .......... 48
3.6.2 Bioautomation ................................................. 48
3.6.3 Collaborative Control Theory and e-Collaboration .......... 49
3.6.4 Risks of Automation ........................................... 50
3.6.5 Need for Dependability, Survivability, Security,
and Continuity of Operation .................................. 50
3.7 Conclusion ................................................................ 51
3.8 Further Reading .......................................................... 51
References ........................................................................ 52
4
A History of Automatic Control
Christopher Bissell ................................................................ 53
4.1 Antiquity and the Early Modern Period ................................. 53
4.2 Stability Analysis in the 19th Century ................................... 56
4.3 Ship, Aircraft and Industrial Control Before WWII ...................... 57
4.4 Electronics, Feedback and Mathematical Analysis ..................... 59
4.5 WWII and Classical Control: Infrastructure ............................. 60
4.6 WWII and Classical Control: Theory ..................................... 62
4.7 The Emergence of Modern Control Theory .............................. 63
4.8 The Digital Computer ..................................................... 64
4.9 The Socio-Technological Context Since 1945 ........................... 65
4.10 Conclusion and Emerging Trends ....................................... 66
4.11 Further Reading .......................................................... 67
References ........................................................................ 67
5
Social, Organizational, and Individual Impacts of Automation
Tibor Vámos ....................................................................... 71
5.1 Scope of Discussion:
Long and Short Range of Man–Machine Systems ...................... 72
5.2 Short History .............................................................. 74
5.3 Channels of Human Impact .............................................. 75
5.4 Change in Human Values ................................................ 76
5.5 Social Stratification, Increased Gaps .................................... 78
5.6 Production, Economy Structures, and Adaptation ..................... 81
5.7 Education ................................................................. 86
5.8 Cultural Aspects ........................................................... 88
5.9 Legal Aspects, Ethics, Standards, and Patents ......................... 88
5.9.1 Privacy .......................................................... 88
5.9.2 Free Access, Licence, Patent, Copyright, Royalty,
and Piracy ...................................................... 90
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