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Control strategies in physiological systems
Author(s) -
Houk James C.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.2.2.3277888
Subject(s) - feed forward , control (management) , adaptation (eye) , perspective (graphical) , computer science , feedback control , adaptive control , neuroscience , control engineering , psychology , engineering , artificial intelligence
In this paper, written for a general audience, I review and contrast various strategies that the body uses to control homeostasis and movement. Messages, signals, communication channels, and control systems are dealt with from both a cellular and an integrative perspective. The major global control strategies are feedback, feedforward, and adaptive control, and examples of each are presented to highlight advantageous and disadvantageous features. Many physiological systems use these three strategies in combination.— Houk, J. C. Control strategies in physiological systems. FASEB J. 2: 97‐107; 1988.