Open problems on information and feedback controlled systems

Entropy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 834-847

  Cao, Francisco J ^a   Feito, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Closed loop control; Information; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860663648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10994300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/e14040834     Document Type: Article

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