• DocumentCode
    1086459
  • Title

    Engineers, psychologists, and administrators: control systems research in wartime, 1940-45

  • Author

    Mindell, David A.

  • Author_Institution
    MIT, MA, USA
  • Volume
    15
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1995
  • fDate
    8/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    91
  • Lastpage
    99
  • Abstract
    Describes the organisation and work of 2 US wartime scientific agencies, the National Defense Research Committee (NDRC) and its successor and umbrella organization, the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD)
  • Keywords
    control engineering; research initiatives; NDRC; National Defense Research Committee; OSRD; Office of Scientific Research and Development; US; USA; World War II; control systems research; scientific agencies; Aircraft; Automatic control; Centralized control; Control systems; Defense industry; Electrical equipment industry; Europe; Government; History; Psychology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Control Systems, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1066-033X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/37.408457
  • Filename
    408457
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1086459