Abstract
The feedback control systems specialist has a multifaceted job involving several different types of tasks; an alternative point of view is that control systems encompass several different sub-specialties from which an engineer might choose to emphasize only one or two. The aspects of the systems to be understood include:
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the process being controlled, whether it be a beer brewing plant, a refinery, an aircraft, or an artificially paced human heart;
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the hardware, including instruments for sensing, wiring carrying data, computers processing data, and motors implementing commands; and
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the algorithms used and the computer coding which implements them.
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Westphal, L.C. (1995). Introduction and overview. In: Sourcebook of Control Systems Engineering. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1805-1_1
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