sci.engr.control

  The engineering of control systems.

  This forum aims to encourage discussion and free exchange of ideas
  amongst practicing control engineers, researchers and students on any
  subject related to the practice or theory of control systems and
  control engineering.
  
  A group to cover any subject related to control engineering including
  theory, research, and practice but particularly the use and future development 
  of computer-based applications for the analysis, design, simulation and
  implementation of control systems. Examples of suitable topics would be
  
        o data definitions for control systems design packages
        o user interfaces for control systems design packages
        o system modelling languages
        o simulation packages
          o environments for the integration of CAD tools for control
        o the application of new computer science techniques
            in control systems design and implementation
        o commercial control systems design and analysis packages
        o new theories
          o applications of control (e.g. process industries, aerospace, 
            transport, manufacturing, ...)
          o real-time software
          o social and environmental impact of control systems
          o none engineering applications (e.g. economics, social, ...)
          o control systems education 
  
  This group aims to stimulate the exchange of ideas about what software
  systems should be devloped to support the analysis, design and
  implementation of control systems with a longer term-aim of the
  development of guidelines or examples of good practice that will
  eventually bring freedom to users and developers of computer-based
  tools.  It also aims to provide timely notice of new academic ideas and
  control methods and to encourage the take-up of advanced control by
  industry.  This group also aims and to try to break down the communication
  barriers that traditionally exist in the control community and to
  introduce them to the joys of the Internet, thereby widening their
  horizons and opening their eyes to the benefits of the free exchange of
  ideas that other users of computers have known for some time.

  sci.engr.** FAQ on What Engineers Are and Do
    From: ecaxron@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov (Ron Graham)
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