Title :
A brief history of automatic control
Author_Institution :
Sheffield Univ., UK
fDate :
6/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The author looks at the history of automatic control in four main periods as follows: early control up to 1900; the pre-classical period 1900-1940; the classical period 1935-1960; and modem control post 1955. This article is concerned with the first three of the above; other articles in this issue deal with the more recent period
Keywords :
automation; control systems; control theory; feedback; history; automatic control; control systems; feedback; history; Actuators; Automata; Automatic control; Clocks; Control systems; Feedback; Feedback control; History; Steam engines; Systems engineering and theory; Temperature measurement;
Journal_Title :
Control Systems, IEEE
