Control Theory
A Guided Tour
Published in April 1992
Book
Hardback
198 pages
978-0-86341-241-7 (ISBN)
Description
Designed both for students of engineering, computing and mathematics and professionals in industry who require the basics of control theory, this text explains the underlying principles of the field and provides numerous references to more detailed treatments.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Stevenage
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
tables
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 148 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-86341-241-7 (9780863412417)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Control concepts - a non-mathematical approach; control design ideas - a non-mathematical treatment; synthesis of automatic feedback loops - a more quantitative view; how the Laplace transform greatly simplifies system representation and manipulation; frequency response methods; mathematical modelling; limits to performance; further simple ideas of control and feedback; linearization; multivariable linear processes; discrete time and computer control; state estimation and the Kalman filter; nonlinearity; optimization; distributed systems.