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A First Course in Feedback, Dynamics and Control: Findings from 2019 Online Survey of the International Control Community
- Source :
- IFAC-PapersOnLine. 53:17264-17275
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2020.
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Abstract
- This paper summarizes the results from a large-scale survey on the content and teaching philosophy of the first, and in many cases the only, control course taken by undergraduate students in engineering and applied sciences around the world. The IFAC Technical Committee on Education developed and administered the survey in 2019. At the time of writing of this manuscript 201 control professionals have responded to the survey. The majority view is that the first course in control should focus on concepts and avoid excessive mathematical proofs. The responders ranked the depth of coverage of 63 topics commonly found in introductory control texts. A model curriculum for a first control course is suggested based on the ranking results.
- Subjects :
- 0209 industrial biotechnology
Medical education
020208 electrical & electronic engineering
Control (management)
02 engineering and technology
Mathematical proof
Course (navigation)
020901 industrial engineering & automation
Teaching philosophy
Model curriculum
Ranking
Control and Systems Engineering
Dynamics (music)
ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
Technical committee
Psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 24058963
- Volume :
- 53
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- IFAC-PapersOnLine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........880e792795b6d2a3cf6144af0831b201