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control engineering

Engineering discipline that applies automatic control theory to design systems with desired behaviors in control environments

Entitytechnical sciences academic majorQ4917288

Also known as control systems engineering

Instance of: technical sciences
, academic major
Subclass of: engineering
, systems engineering
Part of: automation technology
, engineering cybernetics
, control engineering, mechatronics and robotics

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Control engineering, also known as control systems engineering and, in some European countries, automation engineering, is an engineering discipline that deals with control systems, applying control theory to design equipment and systems with desired behaviors in control environments. The discipline of controls overlaps and is usually taught along with electrical engineering, chemical engineering and mechanical engineering at many institutions around the world.

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Practiced by: control engineer
Different from: homeostasis

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