Feedback and Control for Everyone

Author: Pedro Albertos, Iven Mareels

Feedback and Control for Everyone" is written for:

* understanding basic concepts on systems dynamics and control

* realizing the strong connection between technical and human/social dynamics

* motivating further reading and study about control systems

* showing the power of abstraction to infer properties of complex systems based on simplified mathematical models

* emphasizing the interplay between communication, computers and control in this Digital Era

* creating bridges among different sciences and technologies such as engineering, physics, biology, biochemistry, or systems dynamics.

Analogies analogies Signal Analysis control Systems models Stability Sensitivity robustness The Control Subsystem Control Subsystem Components