Hierarchically Intelligent Machines

TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 8
Table of Figures......Page 12
Table......Page 14
Preface......Page 16
1.1 MOTIVATION......Page 18
1.2. AUTOMATION AND CONTROL IN MODERN SOCIETY......Page 21
1.3 INTELLIGENT MACHINES-A SURVEY......Page 23
1.5 REMARKS......Page 28
1.6 REFERENCES......Page 29
2.2 ARTIFICIAL vs. MACHINE INTELLIGENCE......Page 31
2.4 KNOWLEDGE AND INTELLIGENCE IN THE MACHINE......Page 34
2.6 HIERARCHICALLY INTELLIGENT CONTROL......Page 38
2.8 REFERENCES......Page 40
3.1 UNCERTAINTY AND ENTROPY......Page 42
3.2 ENTROPY AND THERMODYNAMICS: BOLTZMANN......Page 43
3.5 ENTROPY, ENVIRONMENT AND MANUFACTURING......Page 45
3.6 THE MODIFIED JAYNES\' PRINCIPLE OF MAXIMUM ENTROPY......Page 46
3.7 THE PRINCIPLE OF INCREASING PRECISION DECREASING INTELLIGENCE......Page 49
3.9 REFERENCES......Page 50
4.1 INTRODUCTION......Page 54
4.3 DEFINITIONS OF THE PROCEDURE......Page 55
4.4 HIERARCHICAL MODELING OF THE LEVELS OF THE INTELLIGENT MACHINE......Page 58
4.6 REFERENCES......Page 59
5.2 THE BOLTZMANN NEURAL NET......Page 62
5.3 THE ANALYTIC MODEL......Page 64
5.4 SEARCH TECHNIQUES......Page 67
5.5 REMARKS......Page 72
5.6 REFERENCES......Page 76
6.2 THE ARCHITECTURE OF COORDINATION......Page 78
6.3 PETRI NETS AND PETRI NET TRANSDUCERS......Page 80
6.4 THE COORDINATION STRUCTURE......Page 83
6.6 PERFORMANCE AND ENTROPY......Page 88
6.8 REFERENCES......Page 90
7.1 INTRODUCTION......Page 94
7.2 THE THEORY OF GLOBAL ENTROPY......Page 95
7.3 ENTROPY FORMULATION OF MOTION CONTROL......Page 96
7.4 ENTROPY MEASURES OF STEREO VISION SYSTEMS......Page 97
7.6 REFERENCES......Page 99
8.2 THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE ORGANIZATION LEVEL......Page 101
8.3 THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE COORDINATION LEVEL......Page 103
8.4 THE ANALYTIC MODEL......Page 105
8.5 THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE EXECUTION LEVEL......Page 108
8.6 ENTROPY FORMULATION OF MOTION CONTROL......Page 110
8.7 ENTROPY MEASURE OF THE VISION SYSTEM......Page 112
8.9 TOTAL ENTROPY OF THE SYSTEM......Page 113
8.11 REFERENCES......Page 114
9.1.INTRODUCTION......Page 117
9.2. INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING......Page 118
9.3 ARCHITECTURE OF INTELLIGENT SCHEDULING FOR PRODUCTION......Page 122
9.4 A PARADIGM OF AUTOMATED PRODUCTION SCHEDULING......Page 129
9.5 SIMULATION RESULTS FOR THE ASSEMBLY OF A MACHINE......Page 133
9.7 REFERENCES......Page 134
10.2 FUTURE RESEARCH......Page 137
10.4. REFERENCES......Page 139
Index......Page 142