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Yesterday the computer was an electronic slide rule with pictures and limitless file folders. Today it can also be programmed to listen to commands, compare inputs, make decisions, and send orders to machines or other computers. Tomorrow—there is no limit! The explosive growth of computer applications has taken at least three major directions, although there is considerable overlapping. One has been total company management through computer integration (CIM); a second has been the development of Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems; and the third has been the growth of processing automation by computer control.
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Hubbard, M.R. (1996). The Computer and Process Control. In: Statistical Quality Control for the Food Industry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2677-7_15
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