"The cover, spine, and back cover of the printed book refer to the work as an edited volume. This is an authored book. Chapters that do not denote specific authors are in fact authored by Luis M. Camarinha-Matos and Hamideh Afsarmanesh. On pages iii and iv, it should read 'authored by' instead of 'edited by"--Erratum.

"In addition to the contribution from the authors, some other colleagues have also contirbuted to some chapters, namely with provision of some modeling examples"--Foreword.

Includes bibliographical references and index.