Control systems engineering - Norman S. Nise

Motivate Students with RealWorld Control Systems Emphasizing the practical application of control systems engineering, this 3rd edition with its updated contents will motivate students to learn how to analyze and design feedback control systems that support todays advanced technology. Motivation is obtained through clear and complete explanations of how to design realworld systems. Topics are presented in a logical and progressive way that builds and supports understanding. Whenever possible, new concepts are first presented from a qualitative perspective to help students gain the insight needed to develop sound designs. Next, a detailed discussion of quantitative tools gives readers the ability to design parameters and configurations for systems they will encounter during their career. And with the use of MATLAB(r), students will find out how to apply the latest computer methods to the analysis and design of control systems. Key Features of the Third Edition
Case studies, using the same system progressively, are integrated throughout the text to provide students with a realistic view of each stage of the control system design process.
A methodology with clearly defined steps is presented for each type of design problem.
Numerous inchapter examples and skillassessment exercises, as well as endofchapter review questions and problems, including a progressive analysis and design problem that uses the same system, are provided.
An introduction to statespace methods of analysis and design is included. These sections are clearly marked and can be taught along with classical methods, taught separately, or skipped without loss of continuity.
Tutorials are provided on how to use MATLAB(r), the Control System Toolbox, Simulink(r), and the Symbolic Math Toolbox to analyze and design control systems. Also included are tutorials on how to use two MATLAB(r) graphical user interface (GUI) design and analysis tools
the LTI Viewer and the Root Locus Design GUI. All tutorials and MATLAB(r) code are contained in the texts appendices so as not to detract from the teaching of control systems engineering principles. References to these appendices are provided at appropriate places in the text.
An accompanying CDROM provides valuable additional material, such as standalone computer applications, electronic files of the texts computer programs for use with MATLAB(r), additional appendices, and solutions to skillassessment exercises.
Illustrations from the book in the form of electronic files are available at http://www.wiley.com/college/nise