Although automation has been introduced in all areas of public life, what seems to be missing is a reflection at the organizational or societal level about a policy of automation. By this we intend appropriate declarations made at the level of rationale, future plans and strategies to achieve intended goals and most importantly how those achievements will impact on various aspects of societal l...

This study uses a sample of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians (N = 240) who differ in skill, education, income to replicate extend past findings about socioeconomic disparities the perceptions automation. Specifically, this applies skills-biased technical change hypothesis, an economic theory that low-skill jobs are most likely be affected by increased automation (Acemoglu & Restrepo, 20...

The level of automation is one of the central issues in designing control systems. Occupant attitudes towards different levels of automation in domestic control systems were studied using a qualitative interview method. The following systems were considered: (1) control of indoor thermal environment, (2) peak load management, and (3) own energy production. For each system, four solutions repres...

We investigated the effects of automation as applied to different stages of information processing on team performance in a complex decision-making task. Forty teams of 2 individuals performed a simulated Theater Defense Task. Four automation conditions were simulated with computer assistance applied to realistic combinations of information acquisition, information analysis, and decision select...

As a sustainable alternative to conventional cast-in-situ construction, modular construction (MC) offers several promising benefits concerning energy and waste reduction, shorter times, as well increased quality. In addition, given its high degree of prefabrication, MC ideal conditions solve the industry’s long-lasting productivity problem by implementing manufacturing concepts such lean produc...

1 Ministry of Education Key Lab For Intelligent Networks and Network Security (MOE KLINNS Lab), Department of Automation, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China 2 School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, BLK S2, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798 3 College of Information and Electrical Engineering,...