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The Language of Systems Thinking for Control Systems

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We are about to begin a wonderful trip in the world of control systems, which are all around us. We are not used to seeing them, but their presence is indispensable for the existence of the world and of life. We need to gradually understand how they really operate in order to recognize, simulate, and improve them. The reader should know that this is not a mathematics, engineering, physics, biology, economics, or sociology book.

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Mella, P. (2014). The Language of Systems Thinking for Control Systems. In: The Magic Ring. Contemporary Systems Thinking. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05386-8_1

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