How can the stability and efficiency of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) be ensured through a systematic analysis method? This paper seeks to address that query. While numerous factors can influence the learning process of ANNs, utilizing knowledge from control systems allows us to analyze its system function and simulate system responses. Although the complexity of most ANNs is extremely high, we still can analyze each factor (e.g., optimiser, hyperparameters) by simulating their system response. This new method also can potentially benefit the development of new optimiser and learning system, especially when discerning which components adversely affect ANNs. Controlling ANNs can benefit from the design of optimiser and learning system, as (1) all optimisers act as controllers, (2) all learning systems operate as control systems with inputs and outputs, and (3) the optimiser should match the learning system. Please find codes: \url{https://github.com/RandomUserName2023/Control-ANNs}.
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