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The title of my thesis is "Approaches of PID controller design with applications and experimental validation" (It explains various techniques for the design of controllers for various systems)

Is the correct usage "Approaches of PID controller design" or "Approaches for PID controller design"

ShiS
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  • You haven't given enough information here to know which preposition is the right one - each is used to convey a different meaning. Please [edit] your question to explain what your title is a summary of. For further guidance, see [ask] and take the [Tour]. :-) – Chappo Hasn't Forgotten Nov 21 '18 at 10:58
  • @Chappo I have edited it – ShiS Nov 21 '18 at 11:04
  • The answer is implicit in your edit: "various techniques for the design of controllers for various systems)". :-) – Chappo Hasn't Forgotten Nov 21 '18 at 11:09
  • @Chappo It is different. various techniques for the design of controllers OR various techniques of controller design – ShiS Nov 21 '18 at 12:09

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I would prefer "approaches to" (eg approaches to learning and a new approach to PID controller design) but out of the two you suggested, I think "for" sounds better.

See also this question: "Approach to" or "approach for"

neptun
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  • I have given the full title. Is "to" still valid – ShiS Nov 21 '18 at 11:10
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    I still think "approaches to PID design [..]" sounds the best. Compare https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1193756 – neptun Nov 21 '18 at 11:57
  • +1 I agree that to seems the best preposition not only in this context but in combination with approaches in general. I would really only debate of and for if they were to be used with methods. – Jason Bassford Nov 21 '18 at 15:26