Title : 
Control engineering and the analog computer: academic and industrial machines in Britain
         
        
            Author : 
Atherton, Derek P.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Eng. & Design, Sussex Univ., Brighton, UK
         
        
        
        
        
            fDate : 
6/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
This paper provides a brief historical review of analog computing and its role in control engineering, particularly in the British academic and industrial setting. It includes a discussion on commercial analog computer developments and the university requirements for analog computers.
         
        
            Keywords : 
analogue computers; analogue simulation; control engineering; digital simulation; analog computer; block-based simulator; control engineering; digital simulation; simulation software; Analog computers; Automatic control; Books; Computational modeling; Control engineering; Electrical engineering; Electron tubes; Fires; Laboratories; Military computing;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Control Systems, IEEE
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/MCS.2005.1432600