I think control theory, after reading the Wikipedia first paragraph, is using doing math to calculate how to consistently do a thing.
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Jarix@lemmy.world 2 months agoCan you do what you just did, but for “control theory”. Pretty pretty please with a cherry on top?
sudo@lemmy.today 2 months ago
OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Fucking nailed it. My favorite application of them is to brew espresso at exactly the right temperature.
iAvicenna@lemmy.world 2 months ago
you want to find “forces” to apply to a dynamical system so that you steer it in behaving the way you want. it can be as simple as asking “what are the forces that I need to apply so that it eventually goes to a place I want it to”. In general applications are in the domain of optimal control theory which also requires to minimize a certain function while you are controlling the system. So then the questions become
1- Can I find external influences such that I can force this system to end up there
2- What is the minimal cost way I can force this system to end up in there
In the example of a rocket it could to reach a certain speed or a certain location (both can be seen as subsets of the coordinate,speed phase space which is where the dynamical system evolves) while minimizing fuel usage
BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one 2 months ago
This is why I fucking love this community.
Reddit comments would be filled with meme jokes instead of insightful and patient people here elaborating this meme into lament.
Thank you!
Jarix@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You are awesome. I hope you know that