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The behavior of two or more systems connected in series (or cascade) is relatively easy to predict. The first system input is a free signal. Its output is the input to the next system, which in turn responds to this input, and so on, till we reach the end of the cascade. The behavior of a cascade is well-defined, as long as each sub-system in the cascade is well-defined. At each stage the signal is affected by the system in that stage. Despite its simplicity, we know that a cascade does not always deliver as expected, as anyone who has ever played the game of Chinese whispers knows all too well.
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Albertos, P., Mareels, I. (2010). Feedback. In: Feedback and Control for Everyone. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03446-6_7
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