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  2. Hall circles - Wikipedia

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    Hall circles (also known as M-circles and N-circles) are a graphical tool in control theory used to obtain values of a closed-loop transfer function from the Nyquist plot (or the Nichols plot) of the associated open-loop transfer function. Hall circles have been introduced in control theory by Albert C. Hall in his thesis. [1]

  3. Control engineering - Wikipedia

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    Control systems play a critical role in space flight.. Control engineering, also known as control systems engineering and, in some European countries, automation engineering, is an engineering discipline that deals with control systems, applying control theory to design equipment and systems with desired behaviors in control environments. [1]

  4. Control system - Wikipedia

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    A control system manages, commands, directs, or regulates the behavior of other devices or systems using control loops. It can range from a single home heating controller using a thermostat controlling a domestic boiler to large industrial control systems which are used for controlling processes or machines.

  5. Nichols plot - Wikipedia

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    A Nichols plot. The Nichols plot is a plot used in signal processing and control design, named after American engineer Nathaniel B. Nichols. [1] [2] [3] It plots the phase response versus the response magnitude of a transfer function for any given frequency, and as such is useful in characterizing a system's frequency response.

  6. State-space representation - Wikipedia

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    The internal state variables are the smallest possible subset of system variables that can represent the entire state of the system at any given time. [13] The minimum number of state variables required to represent a given system, , is usually equal to the order of the system's defining differential equation, but not necessarily. If the system ...

  7. Single-input single-output system - Wikipedia

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    Frequency domain techniques for analysis and controller design dominate SISO control system theory. Bode plot, Nyquist stability criterion, Nichols plot, and root locus are the usual tools for SISO system analysis. Controllers can be designed through the polynomial design, root locus design methods to name just two of the more popular. Often ...

  8. Classical control theory - Wikipedia

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    Its name comes from the information path in the system: process inputs (e.g., voltage applied to an electric motor) have an effect on the process outputs (e.g., speed or torque of the motor), which is measured with sensors and processed by the controller; the result (the control signal) is "fed back" as input to the process, closing the loop.

  9. Sensitivity (control systems) - Wikipedia

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    A basic closed loop control system, using unity negative feedback. C(s) and G(s) denote compensator and plant transfer functions, respectively. Let () and () denote the plant and controller's transfer function in a basic closed loop control system written in the Laplace domain using unity negative feedback.