Control Words

[Avery.Andrews 95.03.15]
(Bill Powers - not sure when)

Wiener got the best word first, I think. The only other candidate I've
managed to think of sounds desparately lame. One problem is that all
if these words (control, stabilize, govern, maintain, ...) refer to
doing things that get things to be the way you want them, without reference
to how. So if somebody thinks open loop will work, they'll use the
word to apply to an open-loop idea.

Avery.Andrews@anu.edu.au