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Re:PID Controller for controlling the number of servers in a... by deepspace on Monday July 05, 2021 @12:40AM (#27734672)
The gold standard introductory book on control theory is "Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems" by Franklin, Powell and Emami-Naeini. While math is absolutely unavoidable when studying the subject, FCDS starts very gently and is quite accessible to the layman.
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Re:PID Controller for controlling the number of servers in a... by laichzeit0 on Monday July 05, 2021 @03:51AM (#27735543)
For someone with a strong mathematical background, what would be a better book? Also, do you know of any that balance the theory with examples, say simulations using R?
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Re:PID Controller for controlling the number of servers in a... by lmilcin on Monday July 05, 2021 @09:33AM (#27737795)
I am using Optimal Control Theory An Introduction from Donald Kirk and Modern Control Engineering from Katsuhiko Ogata.

Both are heavy in math, but are not that difficult (I studied theoretical math some 20 years ago and I can read them).

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Re:PID Controller for controlling the number of servers in a... by deepspace on Monday July 05, 2021 @03:08PM (#27740967)
I recommend Ogata as well. Another classic.
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