  Memristors, initially introduced in the 1970s, have received increased
attention upon successful synthesis in 2008. Considerable work has been done on
modeling and applications in specific areas, however, very little is known on
the potential of memristors for control applications. Being nanoscopic variable
resistors, it is intuitive to think of using them as a variable gain. The main
contribution of this paper is the development of a memristive analog gain
control framework and theoretic foundation of a control strategy which can be
implemented using this framework. Analog memristive controllers may find
applications in control of large array of miniaturized devices where robust and
adaptive control is needed due to parameter uncertainty and ageing issues.
