Handbook of Control Systems Engineering

Abstract

2nd ed. 1. Introduction and overview -- 2. Elements of systems engineering of digital control -- 3. Sensors and instrumentation -- 4. Control elements, actuators, and displays -- 5. Computer systems hardware -- 6. Computer software -- 7. Communications -- 8. Control laws without theory -- 9. Sources of system models -- 10. Continuous-time system representations -- 11. Sampled-data system representations -- 12. Conversions of continuous-time to discrete-time models -- 13. System performance indicators -- 14. BIBO stability and simple tests -- 15. Nyquist stability theory -- 16. Lyapunov stability testing -- 17. Steady state response: error constants and system type -- 18. Root locus methods for analysis and design.