Systems cybernetics control and automation (SCCA)are four interrelated and overlapping scientific and technological fields that have contributed substantially to the development growth and progress of human society. A large number of models methods and tools were developed that assure high efficiency of SCCA applied to practical situations. The real-life applications of SCCA encompass a wide range of man-made or biological systems including transportations power generation chemical industry robotics manufacturing cybernetics organisms (cyborgs) aviation economic systems enterprise systems medical/health systems environmental applications and so on. The SCCA fields exhibit strong influences on society and rise during their use and application many ethical concerns and dilemmas. This book provides a consolidated and concise overview of SCCA in a single volume for the first time focusing on ontological epistemological social impact ethical and general philosophical issues. It is appropriate for use in engineering courses as a convenient tutorial source providing fundamental conceptual and educational material on these issues or for independent reading by students and scientists. Included in the book is:• Background material on philosophy and systems theory• Major ontological epistemological societal and ethical/philosophical aspects of the four fields that are considered in the book• Over 400 references and a list of 130 additional books in the relevant fields • Over 100 colored photos and 70 line figures that illustrate the text |Systems Cybernetics Control and Automation | Science Client Lines
