What does control theory bring to systems research?

Xiaoyun Zhu, Mustafa Uysal, Zhikui Wang, Sharad Singhal, Arif Merchant, Pradeep Padala, Kang G. Shin. What does control theory bring to systems research?. Operating Systems Review, 43(1):62-69, 2009. [doi]

@article{ZhuUWSMPS09,
  title = {What does control theory bring to systems research?},
  author = {Xiaoyun Zhu and Mustafa Uysal and Zhikui Wang and Sharad Singhal and Arif Merchant and Pradeep Padala and Kang G. Shin},
  year = {2009},
  doi = {10.1145/1496909.1496922},
  url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1496909.1496922},
  tags = {control systems},
  researchr = {https://researchr.org/publication/ZhuUWSMPS09},
  cites = {0},
  citedby = {0},
  journal = {Operating Systems Review},
  volume = {43},
  number = {1},
  pages = {62-69},
}