Control System Basics

Author: Sushil Gupta
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: From the system structure and content selection of this book, it is evident that as a textbook for the course of automatic control theory, the book possesses the following characteristics:
1. The definitions of concepts in the book are rigorous, detailed, and easy to understand. It avoids excessive mathematical derivations and focuses on intuitively explaining problems from a physical perspective. The examples used to illustrate concepts are simple and easy to grasp.
2. The book has a strong engineering practice background, with a large number of examples that are closely related to practical engineering applications. For instance, in the chapter on switch control (Chapter 9), actual circuit diagrams such as temperature switch control and stepping motor switch control are provided and analyzed. This is highly instructive and helpful for undergraduate students who have not yet been exposed to practical control.
3. The chapter arrangement and content of the book differ from most textbooks currently used in China. For example, it does not include steady-state error analysis or nonlinear system analysis. The content on root locus is also reduced to a section within Chapter 8 on stability analysis. With the widespread use of MATLAB Control System Toolbox today, the reduction in root locus content allows students to focus on analyzing systems using the root locus method rather than on how to draw root loci.
4. The book dedicates significant (Chapters 9-13) to discussing various practical controllers, including open-loop controllers, analog controllers, digital controllers, and fuzzy controllers. The emphasis on this content helps cultivate an engineering practice mindset.
5. The book closely integrates automatic control theory with automatic control systems. Through the analysis of control system examples, it not only aids in understanding control theory but also helps students grasp the working principles of common control systems.
6. In terms of language, the text is fluent and easy to read. Undergraduate students who have completed College English and mastered certain professional vocabulary can easily read this book.