Control: A development test of a systemic review

Abstract

The field of control has experienced an enormous scientific production during the 20th century. A considerable number of scientific publications on this field have been published on different aspects of control (types, modes, tools, mechanisms….). In the scarcity of literature reviews of this concept, this work presents a bibliometric analysis of the concept of control with the aim of developing a bibliometric record based on the publications of the most influential researchers in this field. With the help of a computerized bibliometric analysis tool, this contribution will provide a summary of the scientific contributions on the concept of control during the 20th century, as well as the evolution of publications in this field, with the aim of constituting a roadmap for future research. For this purpose, the work on control has been subdivided into two main periods, the first of which runs from 1900 to 1950 under the name of classical philosophy of control, while the second, described as modern philosophy of control, covers the period from 1950 to 2000.