In control theory, quantitative feedback theory (QFT), developed by Isaac Horowitz (Horowitz, 1963; Horowitz and Sidi, 1972), is a frequency domain technique...
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considered a classic in feedback control theory. This was a landmark paper on control theory and the mathematics of feedback. The verb phrase to feed...
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QuantiFERON, a test for tuberculosis infection or latent tuberculosis Quantitative feedback theory Queen's Film Theatre, a cinema in Northern Ireland This disambiguation...
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Control engineering (section Control theory)
Control reconfiguration Feedback H-infinity Lead–lag compensator List of control engineering topics Quantitative feedback theory Robotic unicycle State...
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Nichols plot (category Classical control theory)
system. This application of the Nichols plot is central to the quantitative feedback theory (QFT) of Horowitz and Sidi, which is a well known method for...
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Positive feedback (exacerbating feedback, self-reinforcing feedback) is a process that occurs in a feedback loop where the outcome of a process reinforces...
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significant contributions to automatic control theory. He developed and championed the Quantitative Feedback Theory which for the first time introduced a formal...
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Robust control (category Control theory)
A central theme of control theory is feedback regulation--the design a feedback controller to achieve stability and a level of performance for a given...
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Horowitz (1920–2005), scientist in automatic control theory, developed quantitative feedback theory Israel Albert Horowitz (1907–1973), American chess master...
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introduced the qualitative and quantitative model of communication as a statistical process underlying information theory, opening with the assertion: "The...
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concepts and the theory. Positive feedback, according to Glaser, can make researchers content with what they have and negative feedback hampers their self-confidence...
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dynamically and influence one another through a series of feedback loops. For instance, the theory takes into account the numbers and composition of elites...
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are informational and provide feedback about behaviors, they increase internal motivation. Organismic integration theory (OIT): suggests different types...
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Sociology (redirect from Sociology versus social theory)
social theory. While very different in many aspects, both qualitative and quantitative approaches involve a systematic interaction between theory and data...
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Perceptual control theory (PCT) is a model of behavior based on the properties of negative feedback control loops. A control loop maintains a sensed variable...
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Chaos theory states that within the apparent randomness of chaotic complex systems, there are underlying patterns, interconnection, constant feedback loops...
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A negative-feedback amplifier (or feedback amplifier) is an electronic amplifier that subtracts a fraction of its output from its input, so that negative...
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Butterfly effect (redirect from Butterfly Effect Theory)
also contributed to this theory. Lorenz's work placed the concept of instability of the Earth's atmosphere onto a quantitative base and linked the concept...
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the quantitative values that systems theory requires for full use, as Flannery himself admits. The result was that in the long run systems theory turned...
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Outline of finance (section Quantitative investing)
component analysis § Quantitative finance #Mathematical techniques below #Quantitative investing below Modern portfolio theory § Mathematical model Portfolio...
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its environment change and adapt accordingly. Thirdly, these adaptations feedback into innovation processes in industry, shaping the next generation of technologies...
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System dynamics (category Complex systems theory)
nonlinear behaviour of complex systems over time using stocks, flows, internal feedback loops, table functions and time delays. System dynamics is a methodology...
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Fisherian runaway (section Positive feedback)
increase exponentially. Modern descriptions of the same mechanism using quantitative genetic and population genetic models were mainly established by Russell...
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Leadership (redirect from Leader theory)
[page needed][need quotation to verify] Studies of leadership have produced theories involving (for example) traits, situational interaction, function, behavior...
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Living systems (redirect from Living systems theory)
(1999). Principles of Quantitative Living Systems Science. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic. ISBN 0-306-45979-5 The Living Systems Theory Of James Grier Miller...
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be purely qualitative (for example, relating to social choice theory) or quantitative (involving rationalization of financial variables, for example...
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Harry Nyquist (category Information theory)
"fundamental contributions to a quantitative understanding of thermal noise, data transmission and negative feedback." In October 1960 he was awarded...
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Symbolic interactionism (redirect from Symbolic interaction theory)
structure, as well as criticisms that interactionist theories cannot be assessed via quantitative methods, and cannot be falsifiable or tested empirically...
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Proprioception (redirect from Proprioception feedback)
of body position, movement, and acceleration. In many animals, sensory feedback from proprioceptors is essential for stabilizing body posture and coordinating...
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and the feedback they receive influences one's cognitive processes, self-regulation, and ultimately, their behavior. Social Cognitive Theory underscores...
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