The Art of Control Engineering

By Steve Thompson, Ken Dutton, Ken;Thompson Bill;Barraclough William Dutton

The Art of Control Engineering provides a refreshingly new and practical treatment of the study of control systems. The opening chapters assume no prior knowledge of the subject and are suitable for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201175452
• ISBN13: 9780201175455
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 820 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.4" x 9.7"

Customer Reviews

motivates study of controls before presenting techniques

I had been looking for an introductory textbook that motivates the study of controls before presenting the analysis and design techniques, and presents a range of topics besides classical continuous-time, frequency domain control. This book is it! It has material on digital, multivariable, and nonlinear control, which can be used beyond the first controls course - a consideration given the price of textbooks. The didactic discussions of concepts complement the explanation of techniques. The math is kept simple and introduced as needed.

A great reader.

From basics (Laplace) to advanced control theroy (Kalman), this book hit it all. The math is even easy to follow. This book will serve you well as either a stand along self teaching guide, or as a supplemental reference to a formal control systems course.