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Karl Küpfmüller: a German contributor to the early development of linear systems theory

1986; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 44; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/00207178608933646

1366-5820

Chris Bissell,

Petri Nets in System Modeling

During the 1920s the German engineer Karl Küpfmüller made substantial advances in the development of a theory of linear systems, notably by adopting a ‘systems approach’ to modelling electrical networks and control systems. Küpfmüller's achievements included an appreciation of the significance of the ‘time × bandwidth product’ for information transmission, and the establishment of an approximate stability criterion for a certain type of control system. This early work is outlined in the context of contemporary developments outside Germany, and a brief indication is given of the scope of Küpfmüller's later career.