John G. Ziegler (August 21, 1909 – December 9, 1997) was an American

control engineer Control engineering or control systems engineering is an engineering discipline that deals with control systems, applying control theory to design equipment and systems with desired behaviors in control environments. The discipline of controls o ...

who made significant contributions to the field of

control theory Control theory is a field of mathematics that deals with the control of dynamical systems in engineered processes and machines. The objective is to develop a model or algorithm governing the application of system inputs to drive the system to a ...

. He is well known for his research paper on Ziegler-Nichols method, co-authored with

Nathaniel B. Nichols Nathaniel B. Nichols (1914–1997) was an American control engineer who made significant contributions to the field of control theory. He is well known for his book ''Theory of Servomechanisms'', one of the most widely read books in control engin ...

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