control theory
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Control theory is a branch of engineering and mathematics that studies how to model, analyze, and design systems that regulate their own behavior using feedback.
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| instanceOf |
academic discipline
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branch of applied mathematics → branch of engineering → |
| appliedIn |
aerospace engineering
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automotive systems → biology → chemical process control → economics → electrical engineering → mechanical engineering → power systems → robotics → systems neuroscience → |
| developedFrom |
mechanical governor design
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telecommunications engineering → |
| fieldOfStudy |
automatic control
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dynamical systems → feedback systems → regulation and tracking → system controllability → system observability → system stability → |
| goal |
achieve stability
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improve performance → regulate system behavior → reject disturbances → track reference signals → |
| hasSubfield |
adaptive control theory
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classical control theory → digital control → distributed parameter systems → modern control theory → nonlinear control theory → optimal control theory → robust control theory → stochastic control theory → |
| historicalOrigin |
classical control
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servomechanisms → |
| relatedTo |
cybernetics
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information theory → operations research → signal processing → systems theory → |
| studies |
analysis of dynamical systems
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design of controllers → feedback mechanisms → modeling of dynamical systems → stability of equilibrium points → steady-state response → transient response → |
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Bode plot
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Laplace transform → Lyapunov stability → Nyquist plot → PID control → adaptive control → feedback → feedforward → frequency response → nonlinear control → optimal control → output feedback → robust control → root locus → state feedback → state-space representation → stochastic control → transfer function → |
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field |
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Rudolf E. Kalman
("modern control engineering")
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Karl J. Åström
("Adaptive Control")
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