Computing & Control Engineering Journal
Volume 4, Issue 4, August 1993
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Volume 4, Issue 4
August 1993
Editorial: a lost generation of engineers?
- Author(s): J.H. Donald
- Source: Computing & Control Engineering Journal, Volume 4, Issue 4, p. 146 –147
- DOI: 10.1049/cce:19930031
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Skills for europe
- Author(s): Geoffrey Holland
- Source: Computing & Control Engineering Journal, Volume 4, Issue 4, p. 148 –150
- DOI: 10.1049/cce:19930032
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If Britain is to compete effectively in Europe we must improve the skills of our workforce. There is a good deal of evidence that Britain lags behind its European competitors in this crucial area. A recent report by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research concluded that: (a) compared with France, Germany and Japan, Britain has the highest proportion of low achievers; (b) the proportion of 16-19 year olds in full or part-time education and training is lowest in Britain; and (c) the labour force in Britain is under-qualified by comparison with competitor countries. In particular 37% of our workers over the age of 25 have no qualifications at all.
CARDAM—an integrated design and manufacturing system for roll forming tools
- Author(s): S.R. Nallapati and S. Somasundaram
- Source: Computing & Control Engineering Journal, Volume 4, Issue 4, p. 151 –156
- DOI: 10.1049/cce:19930033
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This article deals with the development of an integrated design and manufacturing system (CARDAM) for roll forming tooling. The roll forming process has been organised into three distinct modules: roll form design, roll profile editing and NC processing of roll profiles. The roll design module automatically generates section drawing, flower pattern, mill parameters, and roll drawings to design specifications. The roll editing module generates the roll profile geometry data essential for the NC processor. This provides the link for integrating CAD and CAM facilities. The NC processor uses roll profile data as input geometry and finally generates NC codes for the roll machining process. This article brings out the facilities incorporated into the CARDAM system through a design example.
Teleworking: Vision of a new working culture
- Author(s): Monson Peter
- Source: Computing & Control Engineering Journal, Volume 4, Issue 4, page: 157 –157
- DOI: 10.1049/cce:19930034
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Power to the people
- Author(s): Eur Ing Adrian J. Morant
- Source: Computing & Control Engineering Journal, Volume 4, Issue 4, p. 158 –161
- DOI: 10.1049/cce:19930035
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The wide availability of basic rate integrated services digital network (ISDN) has the potential to provide the small or home office with a previously unheard of level and quality of communications. The outcome is that the medium for effective communications can be contiguous from desk to desk, wherever the desks may be situated. Together with relatively cheap computing power, these communications facilities are removing the differences between computing as used in the home and computing as used in the professional working environment, thus opening up the potential for Teleworking on a large scale. In this article the more important trends in the enabling technologies for Teleworking are described.
Beyond the cottage industry
- Author(s): Andrew Emmerson
- Source: Computing & Control Engineering Journal, Volume 4, Issue 4, p. 162 –164
- DOI: 10.1049/cce:19930036
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The introduction of modern telecommunication services into rural and underdeveloped areas can have a dramatic effect on the local economies in addition to solving cost and skill problems for urban centres of industry and commerce. In this article examples are given where significant investments have been made in telecommunication infrastructure of remote and rural areas resulting in highly encouraging prospects for increased local employment and prosperity.
Teleworking initiatives in Devon and Cornwall
- Author(s): Sue Blacker
- Source: Computing & Control Engineering Journal, Volume 4, Issue 4, p. 165 –166
- DOI: 10.1049/cce:19930037
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Teleworking has become viable due to the availability of basic equipment at a price which encourages domestic use, improvements in the widespread compatibility of magnetic media and data communications, and increases in the numbers of people who wish to take a much more flexible approach to their time spent working. In addition, there has been dramatic growth in the rural population (the move from the cities), of part-time work, in flexible working hours and in self-employment (nationally approaching 15% of those economically active). These trends are all forecast to continue, and possibly to accelerate. Thus, not only has compatible equipment become available at the right price, but also there are increasing numbers of people who see a use for it. With over 25% of the working population in Devon and Cornwall being self employed, considerable attention is being paid to encouraging Teleworking, and the more significant initiatives are discussed in this article.
Integrating teleworking into the organisation
- Author(s): David E. Markby
- Source: Computing & Control Engineering Journal, Volume 4, Issue 4, p. 167 –169
- DOI: 10.1049/cce:19930038
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In this article consideration is given to the place of Teleworking as one of a number of flexible working practices, and the main issues concerned with the transition from an ad hoc practice to a formally recognised and acceptable strategy are addressed. The prerequisites for success, the need for establishing Teleworking policies and procedures to guide the implementation and a structured approach towards the planning required to maximise the benefits, are all considered. A recent case study within a large public sector organisation is included to illustrate a practical approach towards piloting the introduction prior to integrating Teleworking into the organisation.
Teleworking in the 21st century
- Author(s): M.H. Lyons ; P. Cochrane ; K. Fisher
- Source: Computing & Control Engineering Journal, Volume 4, Issue 4, p. 170 –180
- DOI: 10.1049/cce:19930039
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Telecommunications systems will soon provide a transparent connection between widely separated people enabling a full range of human interactions, unrestricted by technological limitations. The impact on the working environment will be profound: the distinction between home, office and elsewhere—a consequence of the limited technology currently used in business—will disappear. People will be able to work together regardless of whether they are in the same building, the same town or the same continent. They may work from home, from large central offices, local community work centres or from the ‘hotel of the future’.
New advances in control at the 1993 American Control Conference
- Author(s): Mike Grimble
- Source: Computing & Control Engineering Journal, Volume 4, Issue 4, page: 183 –183
- DOI: 10.1049/cce:19930040
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It is remarkable that H∞ control has become so dominant in applications over the last few years even though a decade ago it was relatively unknown
Software to control the channel Tunnel
- Source: Computing & Control Engineering Journal, Volume 4, Issue 4, page: 184 –184
- DOI: 10.1049/cce:19930041
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Book review: Factory 2000: Competitive Performance through Advanced Technology
- Author(s): Derek Wilson and Andrew Self
- Source: Computing & Control Engineering Journal, Volume 4, Issue 4, page: 184 –184
- DOI: 10.1049/cce:19930042
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The engineering of complex software systems
- Author(s): M.K. Wilkinson and R.J. Byers
- Source: Computing & Control Engineering Journal, Volume 4, Issue 4, p. 187 –189
- DOI: 10.1049/cce:19930043
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The engineering of complex software systems is still an immature discipline beset with a continuing malaise, the symptoms of which are an inability to produce systems on time, within budget and which actually function as required. So acute is the problem with software that it has become known as ‘the software crisis’ and so long has it persisted that it cannot be diagnosed as immaturity alone.
Modelling, philosophy and limitation
- Author(s): Arthur Ellison
- Source: Computing & Control Engineering Journal, Volume 4, Issue 4, p. 190 –192
- DOI: 10.1049/cce:19930044
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Book review: Deductive Databases and Logic Programming
- Author(s): W.J. Cullyer
- Source: Computing & Control Engineering Journal, Volume 4, Issue 4, page: 192 –192
- DOI: 10.1049/cce:19930045
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