title: Horizons of cybernetical physics.
abstract: The subject and main areas of a new research field-cybernetical physics-are discussed. A brief history of cybernetical physics is outlined. The main areas of activity in cybernetical physics are briefly surveyed, such as control of oscillatory and chaotic behaviour, control of resonance and synchronization, control in thermodynamics, control of distributed systems and networks, quantum control.This article is part of the themed issue 'Horizons of cybernetical physics'.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Problems in Mechanical Engineering, Russian Academy of Sciences, 199178 Saint Petersburg, Russia fradkov@mail.ru.|Department of Control of Complex Systems, Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, 197101 Saint Petersburg, Russia.|Department of Theoretical Cybernetics, Saint Petersburg State University, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russia.
authors.forename: Alexander L
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5633-0944
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Fradkov
keywords: chaos; control; entropy; information; networks; synchronization