Automatic Control of Continuous-Time & Discrete-Time Linear and Nonlinear Systems

Vol. 1 : Analysis and Basic Controllers

Contents:

Book A (Chs. 1 – 8)
Preface
Chapter 1: Automatic Control: Its Position in the Modern Industry, Decision and Information Society	1
Chapter 2: Linear Differential and Difference Equations	37
Chapter 3: Laplace, Z and Fourier Transforms	81
Chapter 4: Physical and Computational Structural Elements of Control Systems	143
Chapter 5: Matrix Analysis, Vector Spaces and Algebraic Systems	267
Chapter 6: The Transfer Function Model: Block Diagrams and Signal Flow Graphs	349
Chapter 7: The State Space Model: Canonical Forms – Transition Matrix and Time Response Computation	455
Chapter 8: Structural Analysis of Linear Control Systems: ACS Types, Errors, Controllability, Observability, Kalman Decomposition	539

Book B (Chs. 9 – 14)
Preface
Chapter 9: Stability of Linear Control Systems	693
Chapter 10: Linear Control Systems Analysis via the Root Locus	783
Chapter 11: Linear Control Systems Analysis in the Frequency Domain (Nyquist, Bode and Nichols Methods)	897
Chapter 12: Analysis and Realization of Basic Continuous-and-Discrete-Time Controllers	1007
Chapter 13: Automatic Control Systems Analysis Using MATLAB	1171
Chapter 14: Nonlinear Control Systems Analysis I : Linearization, Describing Functions and Phase Plane	1255
Problems	1326