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Case Studies

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In this chapter we describe some projects conducted to produce instrumentation for intelligent automation. These examples, taken from the authors’ own experiences, illustrate the principles expounded in the previous chapters, and show how they are applied to practical problems. Sections 11.2–11.5 present various projects in increasing order of difficulty.

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  1. Philips Research Laboratories, Redhill, Surrey, England

    Arthur Browne

  2. Leicester Polytechnic, Leicester, England

    Leonard Norton-Wayne

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Browne, A., Norton-Wayne, L. (1986). Case Studies. In: Vision and Information Processing for Automation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2028-7_11

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