TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stanković,Radomir S.
AU  - Astola,Jaakko
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - From Boolean Logic to Switching Circuits and Automata: Towards Modern Information Technology 
T2  - Studies in Computational Intelligence,
SN  - 9783642116827
AV  - TA329-348 
U1  - 519 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Berlin, Heidelberg
PB  - Springer Berlin Heidelberg
KW  - Engineering
KW  - Science
KW  - History
KW  - Artificial intelligence
KW  - Computer science
KW  - Logic, Symbolic and mathematical
KW  - Engineering mathematics
KW  - Systems engineering
KW  - Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering
KW  - Mathematical Logic and Foundations
KW  - History of Computing
KW  - Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)
KW  - History of Science
KW  - Circuits and Systems
N1  - Revival of the study of logic in Britain -- Booleau algebra Theory -- Booleau algebra, a mathematical subject -- Switching Theory applications of Booleau Algebra in Engineering
N2  - Logic networks and automata are facets of digital systems. The change of  the design of logic networks from skills and art into a scientific discipline was possible by the development of the  underlying mathematical theory called the Switching Theory. The fundamentals of this theory come from the attempts towards an algebraic description of laws of thoughts presented  in the works by George J. Boole and  the works on logic by Augustus De Morgan.   As often the case in engineering, when the importance of a problem and the need for solving it reach certain limits, the solutions are searched by many scholars in different parts of the word, simultaneously or at about the same time, however, quite independently and often unaware of  the work by other scholars. The formulation and rise of Switching Theory is such an example.   This book  presents a brief account of the developments of Switching Theory and highlights some less known facts in the history of it.  The readers will find the book a fresh look into the development of the field revealing how difficult it has been to arrive at many of the concepts that we now consider obvious . Researchers in the history or philosophy of computing will find this book a valuable source of information that complements the standard presentations of the topic.    
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11682-7
ER  -