| Description |
xxix, 908 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.) |
| Contents |
The Elements -- The Excitement of Control Engineering -- Motivation for Control Engineering -- Historical Periods of Control Theory -- Types of Control-System Design -- System Integration -- Introduction to the Principles of Feedback -- The Principal Goal of Control -- A Motivating Industrial Example -- Definition of the Problem -- Prototype Solution to the Control Problem via Inversion -- High-Gain Feedback and Inversion -- From Open- to Closed-Loop Architectures -- Trade-offs Involved in Choosing the Feedback Gain -- Measurements -- Modeling -- The Raison d'etre for Models -- Model Complexity -- Building Models -- Model Structures -- State Space Models -- Solution of Continuous-Time State Space Models -- High-Order Differential and Difference-Equation Models -- Modeling Errors -- Linearization -- Continuous-Time Signals and Systems -- Linear Continuous-Time Models -- Laplace Transforms -- Laplace Transform. Properties and Examples -- Transfer Functions -- Stability of Transfer Functions -- Impulse and Step Responses of Continuous-Time Linear Systems -- Poles, Zeros, and Time Responses -- Frequency Response -- Fourier Transform -- Models Frequently Encountered -- Modeling Errors for Linear Systems -- Bounds for Modeling Errors -- SISO Control Essentials -- Analysis of SISO Control Loops -- Feedback Structures -- Nominal Sensitivity Functions -- Closed-Loop Stability Based on the Characteristic Polynomial -- Stability and Polynomial Analysis -- Root Locus (RL) -- Nominal Stability using Frequency Response |
| Summary |
CD-ROM includes: MATLAB routines for all examples -- PowerPoint lecture notes -- Java Applet-driven "virtual laboratory." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Automatic control
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System design
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| Author |
Graebe, Stefan F
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Salgado, Mario E
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| LC no. |
00042744 |
| ISBN |
0139586539 |
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9780139586538 |
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0130908703 |
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9780130908704 |
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