Fractional order control
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Fractional order control or (FOC) is a field of control theory that uses the fractional order integrator as part of the control system design toolkit.
The fundamental advantage of FOC is that the fractional order integrator weights history using a function that decays with a power-law tail. The effect is that the effects of all time are computed for each iteration of the control algorithm. This creates a 'distribution of time constants,' the upshot of which is there is no particular time constant, or resonance frequency, of the system.
Fractional order control shows promise in many controlled environments that suffer from the classical problems of overshoot and resonance, as well as time diffuse applications such as thermal dissipation and chemical mixing.
