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The need for a new conceptual foundation for the design of control systems is explained. A new foundation is proposed, comprising a definition of control and three principles of systems design: the principle of inequalities, the principle of matching and the principle of uniform stability. A design theory is built on this foundation. The theory brings into sharper focus, hitherto elusive but central, concepts of tolerance to disturbances and over-design. It also gives ways of characterising a good design. The theory is shown to be the basis of design methods that can cope with, important and commonly occurring, design problems involving critical systems and other problems, where strict bounds on responses are required. The method of inequalities, that can be used to design such systems, is discussed.
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Zakian, V. (2005). Foundation of Control Systems Design. In: Zakian, V. (eds) Control Systems Design. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-84628-215-2_1
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