# Four Generations of Control Theory Development ?

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.08190 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2102.08190/

## Key facts

- No citing papers in the map yet (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 2 of its 6 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 11 Feb 2021.

## Builds on (most cited first, 2 of 2)

- [Controllability Metrics, Limitations and Algorithms for Complex Networks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1308.1201/) (2013)
- [On the Observability and Controllability of Large-Scale IoT Networks: Reducing Number of Unmatched Nodes via Link Addition](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2012.06198/) (2020)

## Abstract (arXiv)

This short article presents an opinion that control system study up to date can be divided into four generations; namely, 1 transfer function based; 2 state-space based; 3 networked control systems; and 4 control in the new AI era.