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Author:   Mario Lucertini ,  Ana Millàn Gasca ,  Fernando Nicolò
Publisher:   Birkhauser Verlag AG
Imprint:   Birkhauser Verlag AG
Edition:   2004 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.620kg
ISBN:  

9783764369408

ISBN 10:   376436940
Pages:   246
Publication Date:   27 November 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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.

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