# Introduction to Control Systems

- By: Kamran Iqbal
- Publisher: University of Arkansas at Little Rock
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://eng.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Industrial_and_Systems_Engineering/Introduction_to_Control_Systems_(Iqbal))
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
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A control system manages, commands, directs, or regulates the behavior of other devices or systems using control loops. It can range from a single home heating controller using a thermostat controlling a domestic boiler to large industrial control systems which are used for controlling processes or machines. The control systems are designed via control engineering process.