The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to control engineering:
Control engineering – engineering discipline that applies control theory to design systems with desired behaviors. The practice uses sensors to measure the output performance of the device being controlled and those measurements can be used to give feedback to the input actuators that can make corrections toward desired performance. When a device is designed to perform without the need of human inputs for correction it is called automatic control (such as cruise control for regulating a car's speed).
Branches
Adaptive control Control theory – interdisciplinary branch of engineering and mathematics that deals with the behavior of dynamical systems. The usual objective of control theory is to calculate solutions for the proper corrective action from the controller that result in system stability. Digital control Energy-shaping control Fuzzy control Hybrid control Intelligent control Model predictive control Multivariable control Neural control Nonlinear control Optimal control Real-time control Robust control Stochastic control
Mathematical concepts Complex analysis Differential equations Linear algebra Mathematical system theory Matrices Real analysis Variational calculus
System properties Bode plot Block diagram Closed-loop transfer function Controllability Fourier transform Frequency response Laplace transform Negative feedback Observability Performance Positive feedback Root locus method Servomechanism Signal-flow graph State space representation Stability theory Steady state analysis & design System dynamics Transfer function
Digital control Discrete-time signal Digital signal processing Quantization Real-time software sampled data System identification Z transform
Advanced techniques Artificial neural networks Coefficient diagram method Control reconfiguration Distributed parameter systems Fractional-order control Fuzzy logic H-infinity loop-shaping Hankel singular value Kalman filter Krener's theorem Least squares Lyapunov stability Minor loop feedback Perceptual control theory State observer Vector control
Tools Labview Matlab Simulink
Controllers Embedded controller Closed-loop controller Lead-lag compensator Numerical control PID controller Programmable logic controller
Control applications Automation and remote control Distributed control system Electric motors Industrial control systems Mechatronics Motion control Process Control Robotics Supervisory control (SCADA)
Control engineering organizations
Control System Integrators Association International Federation of Automatic Control
Publications about control engineering
Persons influential in control engineering People in systems and control
See also Outline of automation Outline of engineering Outline of manufacturing Outline of production Outline of robotics
References
External links
Control Labs Worldwide The Michigan Chemical Engineering Process Dynamics and Controls Open Textbook