This paper discusses the subtle interplay between physics and control guided by the metaphor of a marriage, with its wedding dance, shivaree and consummation. Physics is constrained by conservation, control, by causality. The revolutionary concept of a signal is the shotgun that forced the wedding.
Issue Section:
Computers and Control
This content is only available via PDF.
Copyright © 1993
by The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
You do not currently have access to this content.
