Modern Control Systems (Eighth Edition)

Author: Dorf
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Publication Date: 2001-06-30
Features: This book primarily focuses on modern control theory and its applications, covering the following main content: Introduction to Control Systems, Mathematical Models of Systems, State-Space Models, Characteristics of Feedback Control Systems, Performance of Feedback Control Systems, Stability of Linear Feedback Systems, Root Locus Method, Frequency Response Method, Stability in the Frequency Domain, Design of Feedback Control Systems, Design of State-Space Feedback Systems, Robust Control Systems, and Digital Control Systems. The examples selected in this book are mostly derived from cutting-edge high-precision and high-technology fields such as computers, aerospace, robotics, probes, and chemical engineering, making them novel, appropriate, and practically instructive.
An important feature of this book is the series of innovative and challenging progressive problems that run throughout the entire text. Through these solved or ongoing problems, the spirit of creativity is subtly infused into the process of finding answers, allowing students to fully experience the joy of discovery and confidently say that the control theory knowledge and skills they have learned are all self-discovered—this is the ideal goal of teaching. Control Systems Theory is one of the core courses for engineering students. The seventh edition of this book has been widely adopted by over 400 universities in the United States, as well as numerous schools in Europe and Canada, making it a cornerstone work in control systems education. This book is suitable for senior undergraduate students and graduate students without a background in control theory.