David Bell

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Manufacturing IT, MES February 1, 2000

Introducing chaos theory to automation

Just mentioning "chaos theory" usually generates a smile, plus the confession: "We've got a lot of it here." Chaos is a hot topic with information and encryption folks, game theorists, economists, and geophysicists. But what does it have to do with engineers and automation? Chaos theory dates back to Einstein.

By David Bell