part PART I FUNDAMENTALS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY -- chapter Web-based Enterprise Computing Development using J2EE -- chapter Microsoft’s.NET -- chapter Unified Modeling Language: The Industry Standard for Software Development -- chapter Middleware -- chapter Distributed Components in Microsoft Platforms — Technology Overview -- chapter CORBA in Manufacturing — Technology Overview -- chapter Web Servers, Clients, and Browsers -- chapter Internet Programming Languages -- chapter Internet Still Image and Video Formats -- chapter The Fundamentals of Web Services -- chapter Programming Web Services with.net and Java -- chapter Multidimensional Databases -- part Section 1: Computer Software and Web Technologies -- chapter TCP/IP Architecture, Protocols, and Services -- chapter The Fundamentals of the Quality of Service -- chapter The Internet Protocol -- chapter The Transmission Control Protocol -- chapter The User Datagram Protocol -- chapter ARP — Address Resolution Protocol -- chapter IPv6, IPSec, and VPNs -- chapter Overview and Classification of IP Routing Protocols — IP Routing: Interior and Exterior Routing Protocols -- chapter Multicast / chapter A Survey of Congestion and QoS Control Mechanisms for the Internet -- chapter Mobile IP Routing / chapter IP-Mobility for Cellular and Wireless Networks / chapter IP-QoS: Scalable and Flexible Quality-of-Service with Differentiated Services -- chapter MPLS — Multiprotocol Label Switching -- chapter The Integrated Services Architecture and RSVP -- chapter RTP, RTCP, and RTSP — Internet Protocols for Real-Time Multimedia Communication -- chapter Mail Transfer Protocols and File Transfer Protocol -- chapter The Hypertext Transfer Protocol and Uniform Resource Identifier -- chapter Network Management: Basic Notions and Frameworks -- chapter Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP -- chapter The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol -- chapter Network Security and Secure Applications -- chapter Internet Firewalls -- chapter Ad Hoc Networks -- part Section 2: The Internet and IP Networks -- chapter Principles of Lower-Layer Protocols for Data Communications -- chapter Wireless Local Area Networks and Wireless Personal Area Networks (WLANs and WPANs) -- chapter PROFIBUS — Open Solutions for the World of Automation -- chapter The WORLDFIP Fieldbus -- chapter F Fieldbus: History and Features -- OUNDATION -- chapter Operating Principles and Features of CAN Networks / chapter LonWorks/EIA-709 Networks EIA-709 Protocol (LonTalk) -- chapter Time-Triggered Communication Networks / chapter IEEE 1394 for Factory Automation -- chapter Which Network for Which Application / chapter Networked Control Systems Overview / chapter The Quest for Real-Time Behavior in Ethernet -- chapter Switched Ethernet in Automation Networking -- chapter Wireless LAN Technology for the Factory Floor -- chapter Bluetooth -- chapter Linking Factory Floor and the Internet -- chapter LonWorks over IP -- chapter Interconnection of Wireline and Wireless Fieldbusses -- chapter Security in Automation Networks -- chapter PROFIsafe — Safety Technology with PROFIBUS -- chapter A Comparative Case Study of Distributed Network Architectures for Different Automotive Applications -- chapter The Standard Message Specification for Industrial Automation Systems — ISO 9506 (MMS) / part PART II INDUSTRIAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY -- chapter Remote Monitoring and Control over the Internet -- chapter Internet-based Telemanipulation -- chapter Knowledge Connect– An Approach for an Industrial Service Tool -- chapter OPC — Openness, Productivity, and Connectivity -- chapter Java Technology and Industrial Applications -- chapter The GRAFCET Specification Language -- chapter Programming with the IEC 61131-3 Languages and the MatPLC -- chapter Achieving Reconfigurability of Automation Systems by Using the New International Standard IEC 61499: A Developer’s View -- chapter Applications of Haptics in Design and Manufacturing -- chapter Implementation of a Virtual Factory Communication System using the Manufacturing Message Specification Standard -- chapter IT Security for Automation Systems.

part Section 3: Industrial Communication Systems -- chapter A Smart Transducer Interface Standard for Sensors and Actuators -- chapter Integration Technologies of Field Devices in Distributed Control and Engineering Systems -- chapter Intelligent Sensors: Analysis and Design / chapter Robot Vision -- chapter Robot Tactile Sensing -- chapter Giving Robots a Sense of Smell -- chapter Ultrasonic Sensors in Robotics -- chapter Intelligent Space and Mobile Robots -- chapter A Survey on Self-Organizing Wireless Sensor Networks -- chapter Software for Wireless Sensor Networks -- chapter Introduction to Multi- -- part Section 4: The Internet, Web, and IT Technologies in Industrial Automation and Design -- chapter Real-Time Systems -- chapter Design of Embedded Systems -- chapter Models of Computation for Embedded Systems -- chapter Hardware-level Design Languages / chapter Languages for Embedded Systems / chapter Verification Languages / chapter Embedded Software in the SoC World. The Concept of HdS in View of the HW and SW Design Challenge / chapter Internal Architecture and Features of Real-time Embedded Operating Systems / chapter Power Aware Embedded Computing / chapter HTTP Digest Authentication — Theory and Practice -- chapter Security in Embedded Systems -- chapter System-on-Chip and Network-on-Chip Design -- chapter Platform-Based and Derivative Design -- chapter Hardware/Software Interfaces Design for SoC / chapter Network-on-Chip Design for Gigascale Systems-on-Chip -- chapter An Introductory Survey of Networked Embedded Systems -- part Section 5: Intelligent Sensors and Sensor Networks -- chapter Introduction to e-Manufacturing -- chapter XML for the Exchange of Automation Project Information -- chapter Enterprise-Manufacturing Data Exchange Using XML / chapter Web Services for Integrated Automation Systems — Challenges, Solutions and Future / chapter Integration Between Production and Business Systems / chapter Principles and Features of PROFINET -- chapter The IDA Standard -- chapter Open System Architecture for Controls within Automation Systems (OSACA) -- chapter Open Controller Enabled by an Advanced Real-Time Network (OCEAN) -- chapter Holonic Manufacturing Systems: A Technical -- chapter From Holonic Control to Virtual Enterprises: The Multi-Agent Approach / chapter Multiagent-based Architecture for Plant Automation / chapter Collaborative (Agent-Based) Factory Automation / chapter Smart Power Systems Rely on Standards for Information Models and Messaging — IEC 61850 -- chapter The JEVIS Service Platform — Distributed Energy Data Acquisition and Management -- chapter Industrial IT-Based Network Management / chapter Indexes.