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- From: alongley@cape.UWaterloo.ca (Allan Longley)
- Subject: Re: Definition needed: Control Engineering
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- References: <92286.130554E59140@TRMETU.BITNET> <1992Oct14.024615.223@mtu.edu> <1bhkogINN17j@gap.caltech.edu>
- Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 19:13:16 GMT
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- In article <1bhkogINN17j@gap.caltech.edu> tylerh@cco.caltech.edu (Tyler R. Holcomb) writes:
- >>A discussion of this on the net would help.
- >
- >1. Using computers to make machines work better.
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- I like it -- simple, clear, and precise, but it ignores the entire field of
- analog control.
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- >2. Making manufacturing more efficient without REPLACing
- > the EQUIPMENT.
-
- I would extend this to;
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- 2'. Making manufacturing more efficient and safe, while also inproving
- quality without replacing the equipment.
-
- I would also add;
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- 3. Making the production of some goods possible, which were previously
- impossible.
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- >As you can see, I do *process* control; I suspect our
- >friends in aerospace and electrical engineering will
- >find these descriptions too narrow and/or inappropriate
- >for their work.
-
- Hopefully they will add :-)
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