“…Because of the number of threecontroller parameters, only the three-pole 1,2,3 p option can reasonably be prescribed in applying the pole assignment to tuning the PID controller for a time delay plant. Besides, in a considerable number of papers, the dominant pole placement in PID tuning has also been considered for a single pair of complex conjugate poles 1,2 p j α = − ± Ω , 0 α > , assigned to take up the rightmost position in the system spectrum and satisfying an additional requirement of the frequency response specification of control synthesis [7], [8]. The case of placing three prescribed poles, a complex conjugate pair 1,2 p and a real pole 3 p β = − , as dominant was solved by Hwang and Fang [4].…”