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It is arguable what is called reactive and what is not... however what is measured by sensors and what information the controller possesses is not arguable.

In feedback control the systems outputs are measured and if they do not match the desired output (reference) the controlled parameter is recalculated. If the input does not change, these differences usually come from disturbances. The controller has a feedback from the systems output which quantifies "how far" it is from the desired state, regardless of what causes this difference.

In feedforward control the disturbances are measured and the controlled parameter is calculated based on some mathematical (or logical) model. There is no feedback to see if the system is really in the desired state or "how far" it is form the desired state. If disturbances not measured cause the systems outputs to differ from the desired one, the controller will not react.

So to formulate it with "reactive" I would say that feedback control is reactive since it reacts to changes in the systems output while feedforward is proactive since it possibly acts before the systems output change. The important factor in control theory is the controlled system output, that it probably why reactive is defined form the point of view of the change in the systems output.

Feedforward also reacts to something, but this something is not the systems output so from the systems output point of view it is not reactive. In feedforward control the systems output can change without any reaction from the controller while in feedback control any change in the system output will provoke a reaction of the controller. Since the important aspect is the systems output and the feedforward controller does not react to changes in the output it can be considered a non-reactive control method.

Illustration from Wikipedia, (a) open loop, (b) feedforward, (c) feedback

It is arguable what is called reactive and what is not... however what is measured by sensors and what information the controller possesses is not arguable.

In feedback control, the system's outputs are measured and if they do not match the desired output (reference) the controlled parameter is recalculated. If the input does not change, these differences usually come from disturbances. The controller has a feedback from the system's output which quantifies "how far" it is from the desired state, regardless of what causes this difference.

In feedforward control, the disturbances are measured and the controlled parameter is calculated based on some mathematical (or logical) model. There is no feedback to see if the system is really in the desired state or "how far" it is from the desired state. If disturbances that are not measured cause the system's outputs to differ from the desired one, the controller will not react.

So to formulate it with "reactive" I would say that feedback control is reactive since it reacts to changes in the system's output while feedforward is proactive since it acts before the system's output change. The important factor in control theory is the controlled system output; that is probably why reactive is defined from the point of view of the change in the system's output.

Feedforward also reacts to something, but this something is not the system's output so from the point of view of the system's output it is not reactive. In feedforward control, the system's output can change without any reaction from the controller while in feedback control any change in the system output will provoke a reaction of the controller. Since the important aspect is the system's output and the feedforward controller does not react to changes in the output it can be considered a non-reactive control method.

Illustration from Wikipedia, (a) open loop, (b) feedforward, (c) feedback

It is arguable what is called reactive and what is not... however what is measured by sensors and what information does the controller posess is not arguable.

In feedback control the systems outputs are measuread and if they do not match the desired output (reference) the controled parameter is recalcualted. If the input does not change these differences usually come from disturbances. The controller has a feedback from the systems output which quantifies "how far" is it from the desired state, regardless of what causes this difference.

In feedforward control the distrubances are measured and the controlled parameter is calculated based on some mathematical (or logical) model. There is no feedback to see if the system is really in the desired state or "how far" is it form the desired state. If disturbances not measured cause the systems outputs to differ from the desired one, the controller will not react.

So to formulate it with "reactive" I would say that feedback control is reactive since it reacts to changes in the systems output while feedforward is proactive since it possibly acts before the systems output change. The important factor in control theory is the controlled system output, thas it probably why reactive is defined form the point of view of the change in the systems output.

Feedforward also reacts to something, but this something is not the systems output so form the systems output point of view it is not reactive. In feedforward control the systems output can change without any reaction from the controller while in feedback controll any change in the system output will provoke a reaction of the controller. Since the importnt aspect is the systems output and the feedfrward controller does not react to changes in the output it can be considered a non-reactive control method.

Illustation from Wikipedia, (a) open loop, (b) feedforward, (c) feedback

It is arguable what is called reactive and what is not... however what is measured by sensors and what information the controller possesses is not arguable.

In feedback control the systems outputs are measured and if they do not match the desired output (reference) the controlled parameter is recalculated. If the input does not change, these differences usually come from disturbances. The controller has a feedback from the systems output which quantifies "how far" it is from the desired state, regardless of what causes this difference.

In feedforward control the disturbances are measured and the controlled parameter is calculated based on some mathematical (or logical) model. There is no feedback to see if the system is really in the desired state or "how far" it is form the desired state. If disturbances not measured cause the systems outputs to differ from the desired one, the controller will not react.

So to formulate it with "reactive" I would say that feedback control is reactive since it reacts to changes in the systems output while feedforward is proactive since it possibly acts before the systems output change. The important factor in control theory is the controlled system output, that it probably why reactive is defined form the point of view of the change in the systems output.

Feedforward also reacts to something, but this something is not the systems output so from the systems output point of view it is not reactive. In feedforward control the systems output can change without any reaction from the controller while in feedback control any change in the system output will provoke a reaction of the controller. Since the important aspect is the systems output and the feedforward controller does not react to changes in the output it can be considered a non-reactive control method.

Illustration from Wikipedia, (a) open loop, (b) feedforward, (c) feedback

It is arguable what is called reactive and what is not... however what is measured by sensors and what information does the controller posess is not arguable.

In feedback control the systems outputs are measuread and if they do not match the desired output (reference) the controled parameter is recalcualted. If the input does not change these differences usually come from disturbances. The controller has a feedback from the systems output which quantifies "how far" is it from the desired state, regardless of what causes this difference.

In feedforward control the distrubances are measured and the controlled parameter is calculated based on some mathematical (or logical) model. There is no feedback to see if the system is really in the desired state or "how far" is it form the desired state. If disturbances not measured cause the systems outputs to differ from the desired one, the controller will not react.

So to formulate it with "reactive" I would say that feedback control is reactive since it reacts to changes in the systems output while feedforward is proactive since it possibly acts before the systems output change. The important factor in control theory is the controlled system output, thas it probably why reactive is defined reaction to chang in output.

Feedforward also reacts to something, but this something is not the systems output so form the systems output point of view it is not reactive. In feedforward control the systems output can change without any reaction from the controller while in feedback controll any change in the system output will provoke a reaction of the controller. Since the importnt aspect is the systems output and the feedfrward controller does not react to changes in the output it can be considered a non-reactive control method.

Illustation from Wikipedia, (a) open loop, (b) feedforward, (c) feedback

It is arguable what is called reactive and what is not... however what is measured by sensors and what information does the controller posess is not arguable.

In feedback control the systems outputs are measuread and if they do not match the desired output (reference) the controled parameter is recalcualted. If the input does not change these differences usually come from disturbances. The controller has a feedback from the systems output which quantifies "how far" is it from the desired state, regardless of what causes this difference.

In feedforward control the distrubances are measured and the controlled parameter is calculated based on some mathematical (or logical) model. There is no feedback to see if the system is really in the desired state or "how far" is it form the desired state. If disturbances not measured cause the systems outputs to differ from the desired one, the controller will not react.

So to formulate it with "reactive" I would say that feedback control is reactive since it reacts to changes in the systems output while feedforward is proactive since it possibly acts before the systems output change. The important factor in control theory is the controlled system output, thas it probably why reactive is defined form the point of view of the change in the systems output.

Feedforward also reacts to something, but this something is not the systems output so form the systems output point of view it is not reactive. In feedforward control the systems output can change without any reaction from the controller while in feedback controll any change in the system output will provoke a reaction of the controller. Since the importnt aspect is the systems output and the feedfrward controller does not react to changes in the output it can be considered a non-reactive control method.

Illustation from Wikipedia, (a) open loop, (b) feedforward, (c) feedback