Quantum computing has advanced in recent years to the
point that
there are now some quantum computers and quantum simulators available
to the public for use. In addition, quantum computing is beginning
to receive attention within the process systems engineering community
for directions such as machine learning and optimization. A logical
next step for its evaluation within process systems engineering is
for control, specifically for computing control actions to be applied
to process systems. In this work, we provide some initial studies
regarding the implementation of control on quantum computers, including
the implementation of a single-input/single-output proportional control
law on a quantum simulator with noise, evaluation of potential impacts
of nondeterminism on theory for advanced control laws, and discussion
of consequences of the way that entanglement works for next-generation
manufacturing communication objectives.