This course is an introduction to the foundations of nonlinear control theory, with an emphasis on feedback stabilization. As needed, topics from differential geometry and other mathematical ...

Control theory is the study of how one can use feedback to modify the behavior of a system — such as a robot, vehicle, chemical or biological process, power grid, stock portfolio, or an ecosystem — so ...

This article was originally published on Backchannels, a scholarly blog by the Society for Social Studies of Science. Alison Kenner, PhD, is an associate professor of politics and of science, ...