TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Table of Figures -- Table -- Preface -- Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1 MOTIVATION -- 1.2. AUTOMATION AND CONTROL IN MODERN SOCIETY -- 1.3 INTELLIGENT MACHINES-A SURVEY -- 1.4 BOOK ORGANIZATION -- 1.5 REMARKS -- 1.6 REFERENCES -- Chapter 2. MACHINE INTELLIGENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND PRECISION -- CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS -- 2.1 INTRODUCTION -- 2.2 ARTIFICIAL vs. MACHINE INTELLIGENCE -- 2.3 SMART SYSTEMS -- 2.4 KNOWLEDGE AND INTELLIGENCE IN THE MACHINE -- 2.5 PRECISION AND COMPLEXITY -- 2.6 HIERARCHICALLY INTELLIGENT CONTROL -- 2.7 REMARKS -- 2.8 REFERENCES -- Chapter 3. ENTROPY AND THE PRINCIPLE OF INCREASING PRECISION WITH DECREASING INTELLIGENCE (IPDI) -- 3.1 UNCERTAINTY AND ENTROPY -- 3.2 ENTROPY AND THERMODYNAMICS: BOLTZMANN -- 3.3 ENTROPY AND INFORMATION THEORY: SHANNON -- 3.4 KOLMOGOROV'S e-ENTROPY -- 3.5 ENTROPY, ENVIRONMENT AND MANUFACTURING -- 3.6 THE MODIFIED JAYNES' PRINCIPLE OF MAXIMUM ENTROPY -- 3.7 THE PRINCIPLE OF INCREASING PRECISION DECREASING INTELLIGENCE -- 3.8 REMARKS -- 3.9 REFERENCES -- Chapter 4. THE ANALYTIC FORMULATION OF HIERARCHICALLY INTELLIGENT MACHINES -- 4.1 INTRODUCTION -- 4.2 THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE MACHINE -- 4.3 DEFINITIONS OF THE PROCEDURE -- 4.4 HIERARCHICAL MODELING OF THE LEVELS OF THE INTELLIGENT MACHINE -- 4.5 REMARKS -- 4.6 REFERENCES -- Chapter 5. HIERARCHICALLY INTELLIGENT CONTROL: THE ORGANIZATION LEVEL -- 5.1 INTRODUCTION -- 5.2 THE BOLTZMANN NEURAL NET -- 5.3 THE ANALYTIC MODEL -- 5.4 SEARCH TECHNIQUES -- 5.5 REMARKS -- 5.6 REFERENCES -- Chapter 6. HIERARCHICALLY INTELLIGENT CONTROL: THE COORDINATION LEVEL -- 6.1 INTRODUCTION -- 6.2 THE ARCHITECTURE OF COORDINATION -- 6.3 PETRI NETS AND PETRI NET TRANSDUCERS -- 6.4 THE COORDINATION STRUCTURE -- 6.5 TASK SCHEDULING AND TRANSLATION -- 6.6 PERFORMANCE AND ENTROPY -- 6.7 REMARKS -- 6.8 REFERENCES.

Chapter 7. HIERARCHICALLY INTELLIGENT CONTROL: THE EXECUTION LEVEL -- 7.1 INTRODUCTION -- 7.2 THE THEORY OF GLOBAL ENTROPY -- 7.3 ENTROPY FORMULATION OF MOTION CONTROL -- 7.4 ENTROPY MEASURES OF STEREO VISION SYSTEMS -- 7.5 REMARKS -- 7.6 REFERENCES -- Chapter 8. HIERARCHICALLY INTELLIGENT CONTROL: APPLICATION TO ROBOTIC SYSTEMS -- 8.1 INTRODUCTION -- 8.2 THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE ORGANIZATION LEVEL -- 8.3 THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE COORDINATION LEVEL -- 8.4 THE ANALYTIC MODEL -- 8.5 THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE EXECUTION LEVEL -- 8.6 ENTROPY FORMULATION OF MOTION CONTROL -- 8.7 ENTROPY MEASURE OF THE VISION SYSTEM -- 8.8 ENTROPY MEASURE FOR THE SENSORY SYSTEM -- 8.9 TOTAL ENTROPY OF THE SYSTEM -- 8.10 REMARKS -- 8.11 REFERENCES -- Chapter 9. INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING -- 9.1.INTRODUCTION -- 9.2. INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING -- 9.3 ARCHITECTURE OF INTELLIGENT SCHEDULING FOR PRODUCTION -- 9.4 A PARADIGM OF AUTOMATED PRODUCTION SCHEDULING -- 9.5 SIMULATION RESULTS FOR THE ASSEMBLY OF A MACHINE -- 9.6 REMARKS -- 9.7 REFERENCES -- Chapter 10. CONCLUSIONS -- 10.1 DISTRIBUTED INTELLIGENT MACHINES AND COOPERATING ROBOTS -- 10.2 FUTURE RESEARCH -- 10.3 CONCLUDING REMARKS -- 10.4. REFERENCES -- Index.