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700 fully solved problems
Extra practice on topics such as differential equationsand linear systems, transfer functions, block diagramalgebra, and more
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List of contents
1. Introduction
2. Control Systems Terminology
3. Differential Equations, Difference Equations, and Linear Systems
4. The LaPlace Transform
5. The Z-Transform
6. Stability
7. Transfer Functions
8. Block Diagram Algebra and Transfer Functions of Systems
9. Signal Flow Graphs
10. System Sensitivity Measures and Classification of Feedback Systems
11. Analysis and Design of Feedback Control Systems: Objectives and Methods
12. Nyquist Analysis
13. Nyquist Design
14. Root-Locus Design
15. Bode Analysis
16. Bode Design
17. Nichols Chart Analysis
18. Nichols Chart Design
19. Introduction to Nonlinear Control Systems
20. Introduction to Advanced Systems
21. Topics in Control Systems
22. Analysis and Design
About the author
Joseph J. Distefano, III received his M.S. in Control Systems and Ph.D. in Biocybernetics from the UCLA in 1966. He is currently Professor of Computer Science and Medicine, Director of the Biocybernetics Research Laboratory, and Chair of the Cybernetics Interdepartmental program at UCLA. He is also on the Editorial boards of Annals of Biomedical Engineering and Optimal Control Applications and Methods, and is Editor and Founder of the Modeling Methodology Forum in the American Journals of Physiology. He is author of more than 100 research articles and books and is actively involved in systems modeling theory and software developments as well as experimental laboratory research in physiology.
Summary
Includes more than 700 solved problems, examples, and practice exercises to sharpen your problem-solving skills of feedback and control systems.
