Description
Book SynopsisRichard C. Dorf was Emeriti Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, Davis. Known as an instructor who was highly concerned with the discipline of electrical engineering and its application to social and economic needs, Professor Dorf wrote and edited several successful engineering textbooks and handbooks, including the best-selling Engineering Handbook, second edition and the third edition of the Electrical Engineering Handbook. Professor Dorf was also co-author of Technology Ventures, a leading textbook on technology entrepreneurship. Professor Dorf was a Fellow of the IEEE and a Fellow of the ASEE. Dr. Dorf held a patent for the PIDA controller. Robert H. Bishop is the Dean of Engineering at the University of South Florida, President and CEO of the Institute of Applied Engineering, and a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering. Prior to coming to The University of South Florida, he was the Dean of Engineering at Marquette Unive
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to Control Systems 2. Mathematical Models of Systems 3. State Variable Models 4. Feedback Control System Characteristics 5. The Performance of Feedback Control Systems 6. The Stability of Linear Feedback Systems 7. The Root Locus Method 8. Frequency Response Methods 9. Stability in the Frequency Domain 10. The Design of Feedback Control Systems 11. The Design of State Variable Feedback Systems 12. Robust Control Systems 13. Digital Control Systems Appendices (Web Resources) A. MATLAB Basics B. MathScript RT Module Basics C. Symbols, Units, and Conversion Factors D. Laplace Transform Pairs E. An Introduction to Matrix Algebra F. Decibel Conversion G. Complex Numbers H. z-Transform Pairs I. Discrete-Time Evaluation of the Time Response J. Design Aids
