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94.3 Automation Laboratories Around the World .................................... 1693
94.4 Automation Journals from Around the World .................................. 1696
Acknowledgements................................................................................... 1703
About the Authors..................................................................................... 1707
Detailed Contents...................................................................................... 1735
Subject Index............................................................................................. 1777
LXI
List of Abbreviations
α-HL α-hemolysin
βCD β-cyclodextrin
µC micro controller
*FTTP fault-tolerance time-out protocol
2-D two-dimensional
3-D-CG three-dimensional computer graphic
3-D three-dimensional
3G third-generation
3PL third-party logistics
3SLS three-stage least-square
4-WD four-wheel-drive
A
A-PDU application layer protocol data unit
A/D analog-to-digital
AAAI Association for the Advancement of
Artificial Intelligence
AACC American Automatic Control Council
AACS automated airspace computer system
AAN appliance area network
ABAS aircraft-based augmentation system
ABB Asea Brown Boveri
ABCS automated building construction system
ABMS agent-based management system
ABS antilock brake system
AC/DC alternating current/direct current
ACARS aircraft communications addressing and
reporting system
ACAS aircraft collision avoidance system
ACAS automotive collision avoidance system
ACCO active control connection object
ACC adaptive cruise control
ACC automatic computer control
ACE area control error
ACGIH AmericanConference of Governmental
Industrial Hygienists
ACH automated clearing house
ACMP autonomous coordinate measurement
planning
ACM Association for Computing Machinery
ACM airport capacity model
ACN automatic collision notification
ACT-R adaptive control of thought-rational
AC alternating-current
ADAS advanced driver assistance system
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act
ADC analog-to-digital converter
ADS-B automatic dependent
surveillance-broadcast
ADSL asymmetric digital subscriber line
ADT admission/transfer/discharge
aecXML architecture, engineering and
construction extensive markup language
AFCS automatic flight control system
AFM atomic force microscopy
AFP automated fiber placement
AF application framework
AGC automatic generation control
AGL above ground level
AGV autonomous guided vehicle
AHAM Association of Home Appliance
Manufacturers
AHP analytical hierarchy process
AHS assisted highway system
AIBO artificial intelligence robot
AIDS acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
AIM-C accelerated insertion of
materials-composite
AIMIS agent interaction management system
AIMac autonomous and intelligent machine tool
AI artificial intelligence
ALB assembly line balancing
ALD atomic-layer deposition
ALU arithmetic logic unit
AMHS automated material-handling system
AMPA autonomous machining process analyzer
ANFIS adaptive neural-fuzzy inference system
ANN artificial neural network
ANSI American National Standards Institute
ANTS Workshop on Ant Colony optimization
and Swarm Intelligence
AOCS attitude and orbit control system
AOC airline operation center
AOI automated optical inspection
AOP aspect-oriented programming
AO application object
APC advanced process control
APFDS autopilot/flight director system
API applications programming interface
APL application layer
APM alternating pulse modulation
APO advance planner and optimizer
APS advanced planning and scheduling
APTMS 3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane
APT automatically programmed tool
APU auxiliary power unit
APV approach procedures with vertical
guidance
AQ as-quenched
ARCS attention, relevance, confidence,
satisfaction
LXII List of Abbreviations
ARIS architecture for information systems
ARL Applied Research Laboratory
ARPANET advanced research projects agency net
ARPM the application relationship protocol
machine
ARSR air route surveillance radar
ARTCC air route traffic control center
ARTS automated radar terminal system
aRT acyclic real-time
AS/RC automated storage/enterprise resource
AS/RS automatic storage and retrieval system
ASAS airborne separation assurance system
ASCII American standard code for information
interchange
ASDE airport surface detection equipment
ASDI aircraft situation display to industry
ASE application service element
ASIC application-specific IC
ASIMO advanced step in innovation mobility
ASIP application-specific instruction set
processor
ASI actuator sensor interface
ASME American Society of Mechanical
Engineers
ASP application service provider
ASRS automated storage and retrieval system
ASR airport surveillance radar
ASSP application-specific standard part
ASTD American Society for Training and
Development
ASW American Welding Society
ASi actuator sensor interface
AS ancillary service
ATCBI-6 ARSR are ATC beacon interrogator
ATCSCC air traffic control system command center
ATCT air traffic control tower
ATC available transfer capability
ATIS automated terminal information service
ATL automated tape layup
ATM air traffic management
ATM asynchronous transfer mode
ATM automatic teller machine
ATPG automatic test pattern generation
AT adenine–thymine
AUTOSAR automotive open system architecture
AUV autonomous underwater vehicle
AVI audio video interleaved
AWSN ad hoc wireless sensor network
Aleph automated library expandable program
awGA adaptive-weight genetic algorithm
A&I abstracting and indexing
B
B-rep boundary representation
B2B business-to-business
B2C business-to-consumer
BAC before automatic control
BALLOTS bibliographic automation of large library
operations using time sharing
BAP Berth allocation planning
BAS building automation systems
BA balancing authority
BBS bulletin-board system
BCC before computer control
BCD binary code to decimal
BDD binary decision diagram
BDI belief–desire–intention
BIM building information model
BI business intelligence
BLR brick laying robot
BMP best-matching protocol
BOL beginning of life
BOM bill of material
BPCS basic process control system
BPEL business process execution language
BPMN business process modeling notation
BPM business process management
BPO business process outsourcing
BPR business process reengineering
BP broadcasting protocol
bp base pair
BSS basic service set
BST biochemical systems theory
BS base station
C
C2C consumer-to-consumer
CAASD center for advanced aviation system
development
CAA National Civil Aviation Authority
CAD/CAM computer-aided design/manufacture
CADCS computer aided design of control system
CAEX computer aided engineering exchange
CAE computer-aided engineering
CAI computer-assisted (aided) instruction
CAMI computer-assisted medical intervention
CAMP collision avoidance metrics partnership
CAM computer-aided manufacturing
CANbus controller area network bus
CAN control area network
CAOS computer-assisted ordering system
CAPP computer aided process planning
CAPS computer-aided processing system
CASE computer-aided software engineering
CAS collision avoidance system
CAS complex adaptive system
CAW carbon arc welding
CA conflict alert
CBM condition-based maintenance
CBT computer based training
List of Abbreviations LXIII
CCC Chinese Control Conference
CCD charge-coupled device
CCGT combined-cycle gas turbine
CCMP create–collect–manage–protect
CCM CORBA component model
CCP critical control point
CCTV closed circuit television
CCT collaborative control theory
CDMS conflict detection and management
system
CDTI cockpit display of traffic information
CDU control display unit
CD compact disc
CEC Congress on Evolutionary Computation
CEDA conflict and error detection agent
CEDM conflict and error detection management
CEDM conflict and error detection model
CEDP conflict and error detection protocol
CEDP conflict and error diagnostics and
prognostics
CED concurrent error detection
CEO chief executive officers
CEPD conflict and error prediction and detection
CERIAS Center of Education and Research in
Information Assurance and Security
CERN European Organization for Nuclear
Research
CERT Computer Emergency Response Team
CE Council Europe
CFD computational fluid dynamics
CFG context-free grammar
CFIT controlled flight into terrain
cGMP current good manufacturing practice
CG computer graphics
CHAID chi-square automatic interaction detector
CHART Maryland coordinated highways action
response team
CH cluster-head
CIA CAN in automation
CICP coordination and
interruption–continuation protocol
CIM computer integrated manufacturing
CIO chief information officer
CIP common industrial protocol
CIRPAV computer-integrated road paving
CLAWAR climbing and walking autonomous robot
CLSI Computer Library Services Inc.
CL cutter location
CME chemical master equation
CMI computer-managed instruction
CML case method learning
CMM capability maturity model
CMS corporate memory system
CMTM control, maintenance, and technical
management
CM Clausius–Mossotti
CNC computer numerical control
CNO collaborative networked organization
CNS collision notification system
CNS communication, navigation, and
surveillance
CNT carbon nanotube
COA cost-oriented automation
COBOL common business-oriented language
COCOMO constructive cost model
CODESNET collaborative demand and supply network
COMET collaborative medical tutor
COMSOAL computer method of sequencing
operations for assembly lines
COM component object model
COP coefficient of performance
COQ cost of quality
CORBA common object request broker
architecture
CO connection-oriented
CPA closest point of approach
CPLD complex programmable logic device
CPM critical path method
CPOE computerized provider order entry
CPU central processing unit
CP constraint programming
CP coordination protocol
CQI continuous quality improvement
CRF Research Center of Fiat
CRM customer relationship management
CRP cooperation requirement planning
CRT cathode-ray tube
cRT cyclic real-time
CSCL computer-supported collaborative
learning
CSCW computer-supported collaborative work
CSG constructive solid geometry
CSR corporate social responsibility
CSS Control Systems Society
CSU customer support unit
CSW curve speed warning system
CTC cluster tool controller
CTMC cluster tool module communication
CT computed tomography
CURV cable-controlled undersea recovery
vehicle
CVT continuously variable transmission
CV controlled variables
Co-X collaborative tool for function X
D
D/A digital-to-analog
D2D discovery-to-delivery
DAC digital-to-analog converter
DAFNet data activity flow network
LXIV List of Abbreviations
DAISY differential algebra for identifiability of
systems
DAM digital asset management
DARC Duke Annual Robo-Climb Competition
DAROFC direct adaptive robust output feedback
controller
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency
DARSFC direct adaptive robust state feedback
controller
DAS driver assistance system
DA data acquisition
DB database
DCOM distributed component object model
DCSS dynamic case study scenario
DCS distributed control system
DCS disturbance control standard
DC direct-current
DDA demand deposit account
DDC direct digital control
DEA discrete estimator algorithm
DEM discrete element method
DEP dielectrophoretic
DES discrete-event system
DFBD derived function block diagram
DFI data activity flow integration
DFM design for manufacturing
DFT discrete Fourier transform
DGC DARPA Grand Challenge
DGPA discretized generalized pursuit algorithm
DGPS differential GPS
DHCP dynamic host configuration protocol
DHS Department of Homeland Security
DICOM digital imaging and communication in
medicine
DIN German Institute for Normalization
DIO digital input/output
DISC death inducing signalling complex
DLC direct load control
DLF Digital Library Foundation
DMC dynamic matrix control
DME distance measuring equipment
DMOD distance modification
DMPM data link mapping protocol machine
DMP decision-making processes
DMP dot matrix printer
DMSA/DMSN distributed microsensor array and
network
DMS dynamic message sign
DM decision-making
DNA deoxyribonucleic acid
DNC direct numerical control
DNS domain name system
DOC Department of Commerce
DOF degrees of freedom
DOP degree of parallelism
DOT US Department of Transportation
DO device object
DPA discrete pursuit algorithm
DPC distributed process control
DPIEM distributed parallel integration evaluation
method
DP decentralized periphery
DRG diagnostic related group
DRR digitally reconstructed radiograph
DR digital radiography
DSA digital subtraction angiography
DSDL domain-specific design language
DSDT distributed signal detection theoretic
DSL digital subscriber line
DSL domain-specific language
DSN distributed sensor network
DSP digital signal processor
DSRC dedicated short-range communication
DSSS direct sequence spread spectrum
DSS decision support system
DTC direct torque control
DTL dedicated transfer line
DTP desktop printing
DTSE discrete TSE algorithm
DUC distributable union catalog
DVD digital versatile disk
DVI digital visual interface
DV disturbance variables
DXF drawing interchange format
DoD Department of Defense
DoS denial of service
E
E-CAE electrical engineering computer aided
engineering
E-PERT extended project estimation and review
technique
E/H electrohydraulic
EAI enterprise architecture interface
EAP electroactive polymer
EA evolutionary algorithm
EBL electron-beam lithography
EBM evidence-based medicine
EBP evidence-based practice
EBW electron beam welding
ebXML electronic business XML
EB electron beam
ECG electrocardiogram
ECU electronic control unit
EC European Community
EDA electronic design automation
EDCT expected departure clearance time
EDD earliest due date
EDGE enhanced data rates for GSM evolution
List of Abbreviations LXV
EDIFACT Electronic Data Interchange for
Administration, Commerce and Transport
EDI electronic data interchange
EDPA error detection and prediction algorithms
EDPVR end-diastolic pressure–volume
relationship
EDS electronic die sorting
EDV end-diastolic volume
EEC European Economic Community
EEPROM electrically erasable programmable
read-only memory
EES equipment engineering system
EFIS electronic flight instrument system
EFSM extended finite state machine
EFT electronic funds transfer
EGNOS European geostationary navigation
overlay service
EHEDG European Hygienic Engineering and
Design Group
EICAS engine indicating and crew alerting
system
EIF European Interoperability Framework
EII enterprise information integration
EIS executive information system
EIU Economist Intelligence Unit
EI Enterprise integration
eLPCO e-Learning professional competency
ELV end-of-life of vehicle
EL electroluminescence
EMCS energy management control systems
EMF electromotive force
EMO evolutionary multiobjective optimization
EMR electronic medical record
EMS energy management system
EOL end-of-life
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
EPC engineering, procurement, and
contsruction
EPGWS enhanced GPWS
EPROM erasable programmable read-only
memory
EPSG Ethernet PowerLink Standardization
Group
EP evolutionary programming
ERMA electronic recording machine accounting
ERM electronic resources management
ERP enterprise resource planning
ESA European Space Agency
ESB enterprise service bus
ESD electronic software delivery
ESD emergency shutdown
ESL electronic system-level
ESPVR end-systolic pressure–volume
relationship
ESP electronic stability program
ESR enterprise services repository
ESSENCE Equation of State: Supernovae Trace
Cosmic Expansion
ESS extended service set
ES enterprise system
ES evolution strategy
ETA estimated time of arrival
ETC electronic toll collection
ETG EtherCAT Technology Group
ETH Swiss Federal Technical university
ETMS enhanced traffic management system
ET evolutionary technique
EURONORM European Economic Community
EU European Union
EVA extravehicular activity
EVD eigenvalue–eigenvector decomposition
EVM electronic voting machine
EVS enhanced vision system
EWMA exponentially-weighted moving average
EWSS e-Work support system
EXPIDE extended products in dynamic enterprise
EwIS enterprise-wide information system
F
FAA US Federal Aviation Administration
fab fabrication plant
FACT fair and accurate credit transaction
FAF final approach fix
FAL fieldbus application layer
FAQ frequently asked questions
FASB Financial Accounting Standards Board
FAST final approach spacing tool
FA factory automation
FA false alarm
FBA flux balance analysis
FBD function block diagram
FCAW flux cored arc welding
FCC flight control computer
FCW forward collision warning
FCW forward crash warning
FDA US Food and Drug Administration
FDD fault detection and diagnosis
FDL-CR facility description language–conflict
resolution
FDL facility design language
FESEM field-emission scanning electron
microscope
FFT fast Fourier transform
FHSS frequency hopping spread spectrum
FIFO first-in first-out
FIM Fisher information matrix
FIPA Foundation for Intelligent Physical
Agents
FIRA Federation of International Robot-Soccer
Associations
LXVI List of Abbreviations
FISCUS Föderales Integriertes Standardisiertes
Computer-Unterstütztes Steuersystem –
federal integrated standardized
computer-supported tax system
FIS fuzzy inference system
fJSP flexible jobshop problem
FK forward kinematics
FLC fuzzy logic control
FL fuzzy-logic
FMCS flight management computer system
FMC flexible manufacturing cell
FMC flight management computer
FMEA failure modes and effects analysis
FMECA failure mode, effects and criticality
analysis
FMS field message specification
FMS flexible manufacturing system
FMS flexible manufacturing system
FMS flight management system
FM Fiduccia–Mattheyses
FM frequency-modulation
FOC federation object coordinator
FOGA Foundations of Genetic Algorithms
FOUP front open unified pod
FOV field of view
FPGA field-programmable gate arrays
FPID feedforward PID
FP flooding protocol
FSK frequency shift keying
FSM finite-state machine
FSPM FAL service protocol machine
FSSA fixed structure stochastic automaton
FSS flight service station
FSW friction stir welding
FTA fault tree analysis
FTC fault tolerant control
FTE flight technical error
FTE full-time equivalent
FTL flexible transfer line
FTP file transfer protocol
FTSIA fault-tolerance sensor integration
algorithm
FTTP fault tolerant time-out protocal
FW framework
G
G2B government-to-business
G2C government-to-citizen
G2G government-to-government
GAGAN GEO augmented navigation
GAIA geometrical analytic for interactive aid
GAMP good automated manufacturing practice
GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GA genetic algorithms
GBAS ground-based augmentation system
GBIP general purpose interface bus
GBS goal-based scenario
GDP gross domestic product
GDP ground delay program
GDSII graphic data system II
GDSS group decision support system
GECCO Genetic and Evolutionary Computation
Conference
GEM generic equipment model
GERAM generalized enterprise reference
architecture and methodology
GIS geographic information system
GLS GNSS landing system
GLUT4 activated Akt and PKCζ trigger glucose
transporter
GMAW gas metal arc welding
GMCR graph model for conflict resolution
GNSS global navigation satellite system
GPA generalized pursuit algorithm
GPC generalized predictive control
GPRS general packet radio service
GPS global positioning system
GPWS ground-proximity warning system
GP genetic programming
GRAI graphes de résultats et activités interreliés
GRAS ground regional augmentation system
GRBF Gaussian RBF
GSM global system for mobile communication
GTAW gas tungsten arc welding
GUI graphic user interface
H
HACCP hazard analysis and critical control points
HACT human–automation collaboration
taxonomy
HAD heterogeneous, autonomous, and
distributed
HART highway addressable remote transducer
HCI human–computer interaction
HCS host computer system
HDD hard-disk drive
HEA human error analysis
HEFL hybrid electrode fluorescent lamp
HEP human error probability
HERO highway emergency response operator
HES handling equipment scheduling
HFDS Human Factors Design Standard
HF high-frequency
HID high-intensity discharge
HIS hospital information system
HITSP Healthcare Information Technology
Standards Panel
HIT healthcare information technology
HIV human immunodeficiency virus
HJB Hamilton–Jacobi–Bellman
List of Abbreviations LXVII
HL7 Health Level 7
HMD helmet-mounted display
HMI human machine interface
HMM hidden Markov model
HMS hierarchical multilevel system
HOMO highest occupied molecular orbital
HPC high-performance computing
HPLC high-performance liquid chromatography
HPSS High-Performance Storage System
HPWREN High-Performance Wireless Research and
Education Network
HP horsepower
HRA human reliability analysis
HR human resources
HSE high speed Ethernet
HSI human system interface
HSMS high-speed message standard
HTN hierarchical task network
HTTP hypertext transfer protocol
HUD heads up display
HUL Harvard University Library
HVAC heating, ventilation, air-conditioning
Hazop hazardous operation
HiL hardware-in-the-loop
I
i-awGA interactive adaptive-weight genetic
algorithm
I(P)AD intelligent (power) assisting device
I/O input/output
IAMHS integrated automated material handling
system
IAT Institut Avtomatiki i Telemekhaniki
IAT interarrival time
IB internet banking
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization
ICORR International Conference on
Rehabilitation Robotics
ICRA International Conference on Robotics and
Automation
ICT information and communication
technology
IC integrated circuit
IDEF integrated definition method
IDL Interactive Data Language
IDM iterative design model
ID identification
ID instructional design
IEC International Electrotechnical
Commission
IFAC International Federation of Automatic
Control
IFC industry foundation class
IFF identify friend or foe
IFR instrument flight rules
IGRT image-guided radiation therapy
IGS intended goal structure
IGVC Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition
IHE integrating the healthcare enterprise
IIT information interface technology
IK inverse kinematics
ILS instrument landing system
ILS integrated library system
IL instruction list
IMC instrument meteorological condition
IMC internal model controller
IML inside mold line
IMM interactive multiple model
IMRT intensity modulated radiotherapy
IMS infrastructure management service
IMT infotronics and mechatronics technology
IMU inertial measurement unit
INS inertial navigation system
IO inputoutput
IPA intelligent parking assist
IPS integrated pond system
IPv6 internet protocol version 6
IP inaction–penalty
IP industrial protocol
IP integer programming
IP intellectual property
IP internet protocol
IRAF Image Reduction and Analysis Facility
IRB institutional review board
IRD interactive robotic device
IROS Intelligent Robots and Systems
IRR internal rate of return
IRS1 insulin receptor substrate-1
IR infrared
ISA instruction set architecture
ISCIS intra-supply-chain information system
iSCSI Internet small computer system interface
ISDN integrated services digital network
ISELLA intrinsically safe lightweight low-cost
arm
ISIC/MED Intelligent Control/Mediterranean
Conference on Control and Automation
ISM industrial, scientific, and medical
ISO-OSI International Standards Organization
Open System Interconnection
ISO International Organization for
Standardization
ISO independent system operator
ISP internet service provider
ISS input-to-state stability
IS information system
ITC information and communications
technology
ITS intelligent transportation system
IT information technology
IVBSS integrated vehicle-based safety system
LXVIII List of Abbreviations
IVI Intelligent Vehicle Initiative
IV intravenous
J
J2EE Java to Enterprise Edition
JAUGS joint architecture for unmanned ground
system
JCL job control language
JDBC Java database connectivity
JDEM Joint Dark Energy Mission
JDL job description language
JIT just-in-time
JLR join/leave/remain
JPA job performance aid
JPDO joint planning and development office
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JSR-001 Java specification request
Java RTS Java real-time system
Java SE Java standard runtime environment
JeLC Japan e-Learning Consortium
K
KADS knowledge analysis and documentation
system
KCL Kirchhoff’s current law
KCM knowledge chain management
KIF knowledge interchange format
KISS keep it simple system
KM knowledge management
KPI key performance indicators
KQML knowledge query and manipulation
language
KS knowledge subsystem
KTA Kommissiya Telemekhaniki i Avtomatiki
KVL Kirchhoff’s voltage law
KWMS Kerry warehouse management system
L
LAAS local-area augmentation system
LADARS precision laser radar
LAN local-area network
LA learning automata
LBNL Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
LBW Laser beam welding
LC/MS liquid-chromatography mass
spectroscopy
LCD liquid-crystal display
LCG LHC computing grid
LCMS learning contents management system
LCM lane change/merge warning
LC lean construction
LDW lane departure warning
LDW lateral drift warning system
LD ladder diagram
LEACH low-energy adaptive clustering hierarchy
LED light-emitting diode
LEEPS low-energy electron point source
LEO Lyons Electronic Office
LES logistic execution system
LFAD light-vehicle module for LCM, FCW,
arbitration, and DVI
LF low-frequency
LHC Large Hadron Collider
LHD load–haul–dump
LIFO last-in first-out
LIP learning information package
LISI levels of information systems
interoperability
LISP list processing
LLWAS low-level wind-shear alert system
LMFD left matrix fraction description
LMI linear matrix inequality
LMPM link layer mapping protocol machine
LMS labor management system
LNAV lateral navigation
LOA levels of automation
LOCC lines of collaboration and command
LOC level of collaboration
LOINC logical observation identifiers names and
codes
LOM learning object metadata/learning object
reference model
LORANC long-range navigational system
LPV localizer performance with vertical
guidance
LP linear programming
LQG linear-quadratic-Gaussian
LQR linear quadratic regulator
LQ linear quadratic
LS/AMC living systems autonomic machine
control
LS/ATN living systems adaptive transportation
network
LS/TS Living Systems Technology Suite
LSL low-level switch
LSST Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
LSS large-scale complex system
LS language subsystem
LTI linear time-invariant
LUMO lowest unoccupied molecular orbital
LUT look-up table
LVAD left ventricular assist device
LVDT linear variable differential transformer
M
m-SWCNT metallic SWCNT
M/C machining center
M2M machine-to-machine
List of Abbreviations LXIX
MAC medium access control
MADSN mobile-agent-based DSN
MAG metal active gas
MAN metropolitan area network
MAP manufacturing assembly pilot
MAP mean arterial pressure
MAP missed approach point
MARC machine-readable cataloging
MARR minimum acceptable rate of return
MAS multiagent system
MAU medium attachment unit
MAV micro air vehicle
MBP Manchester bus powered
MCC motor control center
MCDU multiple control display unit
MCP mode control panel
MCP multichip package
MCS material control system
MDF medium-density fiber
MDI manual data input
MDP Markov decision process
MDS management decision system
MD missing a detection
MEMS micro-electromechanical system
MEN multienterprise network
MERP/C ERP e-learning by MBE simulations with
collaboration
MERP Management Enterprise Resource
Planning
MES manufacturing execution system
METU Middle East Technical University
MFD multifunction display
MHA material handling automation
MHEM material handling equipment machine
MHIA Material Handling Industry of America
MH material handling
MIG metal inert gas
MIMO multi-input multi-output
MIP mixed integer programming
MIS management information system
MIS minimally invasive surgery
MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT miles in-trail
MKHC manufacturing know-how and
creativity
MLE maximum-likelihood estimation
MMS man–machine system
MMS material management system
MOC mine operation center
moGA multiobjective genetic algorithm
MOL middle of life
MOM message-oriented middleware
MPAS manufacturing process automation
system
MPA metabolic pathway analysis
MPC model-based predictive control
mPDPTW multiple pick up and delivery problem
with time windows
MPEG Motion Pictures Expert Group
MPLS multi protocol label switching
MPS master production schedule
MQIC Medical Quality Improvement
Consortium
MRI magnetic resonance imaging
MRO maintenance, repair, and operations
MRPII material resource planning (2nd
generation)
MRPI material resource planning (1st
generation)
MRP manufacturing resources planning
MRR material removal rate
MSAS MTSAT satellite-based augmentation
system
MSAW minimum safe warning altitude
MSA microsensor array
MSDS material safety data sheet
MSI multisensor integration
MSL mean sea level
MTBF mean time between failure
MTD maximum tolerated dose
MTE minimum transmission energy
MTSAT multifunction transport satellite
MTTR mean time to repair
MUX multiplexor
MVFH minimum vector field histogram
MV manipulated variables
MWCNT multi-walled carbon nanotube
MWKR most work remaining
McTMA multicenter traffic management advisor
Mcr multi-approach to conflict resolution
MeDICIS methodology for designing
interenterprise cooperative information
system
MidFSN middleware for facility sensor network
Mips million instructions per second
M&S metering and spacing
N
NAE National Academy of Engineering
NAICS North American Industry Classification
System
NASA National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
NASC Naval Air Systems Command
NAS National Airspace System
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NBTI negative-bias temperature instability
NCS networked control system
NC numerical control
NDB nondirectional beacon
NDHA National Digital Heritage Archive