Handbook of Industrial Automation

Hyder Nihal Agha: Research and Development, Motoman, Inc., West Carrollton, Ohio C. Ray Asfahl: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas William E. Barkman: Fabrication Systems Development, Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc., Oak Ridge, Tennessee Benita M. Beamon: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle Ludwig Benner, Jr.: Events Analysis, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia Amit Bhattacharya: Environmental Health Department, University of Cincinnati, Ohio Ken Bloemer: Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio Richard Brook: Off Campus Ltd., Palmerston North, New Zealand William C. Brown: Department of Mathematics, Michigan State University, East Lansing Jin Cao: Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Nuclear Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Ohio Ming Cao: Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Nuclear Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Ohio Enrique Castillo: Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain Frank S. Cheng: Industrial and Engineering Technology Department, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant Ron Collier: Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Nuclear Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Ohio Terry R. Collins: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Jane Cronin: Department of Mathematics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey Richard M. Crowder: Department of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, England Richard B. Darst: Department of Mathematics, Colorado State University, Fort Collin William H. DeCamp: Motoman, Inc., West Carrollton, Ohio Steve Dickerson: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Verna Fitzsimmons: Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Nuclear Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Ohio Jeannine Gailey: Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Nuclear Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Ohio Sean Gallagher: Pittsburgh Research Laboratory, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Pennsylvania Patrick H. Garrett: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science, University of Cincinnati, Ohio Ashraf M. Genaidy: Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Nuclear Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Ohio Wanek Golnazarian: General Dynamics Armament Systems, Burlington, Vermont Prasanthi Guda: Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Nuclear Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Ohio Ali S. Hadi: Department of Statistical Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York Ernest L. Hall: Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Nuclear Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Ohio C. P. Han: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton Thomas R. Huston: Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Nuclear Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio Avraam I. Isayev: Department of Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Ohio Ki Hang Kim: Mathematics Research Group, Alabama State University, Montgomery Krishnamohan Kola: Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Nuclear Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Ohio Eric M. Malstrom: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville John Mandel: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland Jon Marvel: Padnos School of Engineering, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan A. Kader Mazouz: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton James D. McGlothlin: Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana M. Eugene Merchant: Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Sciences, Cincinnati, Ohio Denny Meyer: Institute of Information and Mathematical Sciences, Massey University--Albany, Palmerston North, New Zealand Angelo B. Mingarelli: School of Mathematics and Statistics, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Anil Mital: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Ohio J. Steven Moore: Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, The University of Texas Health Center, Tyler Diego A. Murio: Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Ohio Lawrence E. Murr: Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, The University of Texas at El Paso Joseph H. Nurre: School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Ohio University, Athens Stephen L. Parsley: ESKAY Corporation, Salt Lake City, Utah Arunkumar Pennathur: University of Texas at El Paso, Texas Dobrivoje Popovic: Institute of Automation Technology, University of Bremen, Germany Shivakumar Raman: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman George N. Saridis: Professor Emeritus, Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York Richard L. Shell: Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Nuclear Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Ohio Christin Shoaf: Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Nuclear Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Ohio J. B. Srivastava: Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India Terrence J. Stobbe: Industrial Engineering Department, West Virginia University, Morgantown Allen R. Stubberud: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California Irvine Stephen C. Stubberud: ORINCON Corporation, San Diego, California Hiroyuki Tamura: Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan Fred J. Taylor: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Department of Computer and Information Science Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville Herbert R. Tuttle: Graduate Engineering Management, University of Kansas, Lawrence William Wrennall: The Leawood Group Ltd., Leawood, KansasShell, Richard L. is the author of 'Handbook of Industrial Automation' with ISBN 9780824703738 and ISBN 0824703731.