| Features |
| Emphasizes the basic concepts and the design aspects of control systems |
| Avoids highly mathematical arguments but provides mathematical proofs whenever they contribute to an understanding of the material |
| Includes examples at strategic points throughout (over 100 total) |
| Contains numerous worked problems (A-problems) at the end of each chapter (over 200 total), and 200 unsolved problem (B-problems) |
| Provides introductory discussion on the two-degrees-of-freedom control system, and introduces design conditions on robust control |
| Presents an example of a design of a nonlinear model- reference control system |
| First formulates conditions for Liapunov stability; then designs the system within these limitations |
| New to This Edition |
| NEW--Reorganizes content to cover all basic materials of control systems in the first 10 chapters, leaving advanced topics (such as state-space analysis and design of control systems) to the last 3 |
| NEW--Gives detailed explanations of how to write MATLAB programs to solve a variety of problems in control engineering |
| Includes MATLAB approaches to: Obtain step response, ramp response, and impulse response of control systems |
| Plotting root loci, Bode diagrams, and Nyquist diagrams |
| Solving (both analytically and computationally) pole-placement problems, observer design problems, and quadratic optimal control problems |
| NEW--Expands coverage of the design aspects of control engineering -- with many new design problems |
| NEW--Adds an introduction to robust control (Ch.10) |
| NEW--Adds many new computational problems -- all solved with MATLAB |
| Features |
| Emphasizes the basic concepts and the design aspects of control systems |
| Avoids highly mathematical arguments but provides mathematical proofs whenever they contribute to an understanding of the material |
| Includes examples at strategic points throughout (over 100 total) |
| Contains numerous worked problems (A-problems) at the end of each chapter (over 200 total), and 200 unsolved problem (B-problems) |
| Provides introductory discussion on the two-degrees-of-freedom control system, and introduces design conditions on robust control |
