Schaum's Outline of Feedback and Control Systems, 2nd Edition

by Joseph J. Distefano

Overview

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071829489
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	11/18/2013
Series:	Schaum's Outline Series
Edition description:	List
Pages:	528
Sales rank:	533,256
Product dimensions:	8.10(w) x 10.70(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Joseph J. DiStefano, III is a professor of computer science and medicine. He is also the director of the Biocybernetics Research Laboratory and chair of the Cybernetics Interdepartmental program at UCLA. DiStefano is on the editorial boards of Annals of Biomedical Engineering and Optimal Control Applications and Methods, as well as the editor and founder of the Modeling Methodology Forum in the American Journals of Physiology.

Allen R. Stubberud is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of more than 100 articles and books, and belongs to a number of professional and technical organizations, including the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Ivan J. Williams is a project manager at the Space and Technology Group of TRW. He has instructed courses in control systems engineering at the UCLA.

Table 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