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The Use of Computers for Laboratory Automation
Author: S.P. Maj
Publisher: CRC Press
Copyright: 1993
ISBN: 0-85186-744-8
Price: $59.95 (US dollars)
Page Count: 358
Author S.P. Maj is an Adjunct Professor at the Technical University of Denmark
in Lyngby, Denmark. He wrote the book not to transform the reader into a
software or computer engineer, but to help scientists understand computers
and use them more effectively. In the preface he states, "Books about
computing are numerous, and they are typically written for a wide audience
and tend to be product-specific. This book was written for scientists by
a scientist. Fundamental computer engineering and automation concepts are
described in simple technical language. Sufficient details of the operating
principles of computer systems are provided to enable the scientist to read
and evaluate technical literature critically and thereby to take an active
part in selecting, implementing, using and maintaining laboratory computer
systems. A laboratory computer system is the hardware, software and procedures
needed to perform laboratory functions. Particular attention is given to
LIMS and to the problems associated with the use, verification and validation
of computers in regulated environments."
The introductory chapter covers how computer communications are performed,
while subsequent chapters lead the reader through the intricacies of microprocessors,
memory devices, operating systems, interfaces, networking, data processing
and software engineering. It then relates how all these elements affect
and impact the LIMS through discussions of GLP, GMP, and the laboratory
system development cycle.
The book gives readers sufficient knowledge of computer systems and automation
to enable them to critically read and evaluate technical literature and
system specifications, thereby allowing the active participation in the
selection, implementation, use and maintenance of computer systems in laboratories.
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