Softcover

ISBN 10: 0070170479 ISBN 13: 9780070170476

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 1990

An outline-guide to feedback and control systems covering such areas as differential equations, stability, block diagram algebra and transfer functions of systems.

From the Back Cover:

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Inside, you will find:

• 700 fully solved problems
• Hundreds of additional practice problems, with answers supplied
• Clear explanations of both continuous (analog) and discrete (digital) systems
• Concise help with the math you need throughout the course, including examples
• More about control systems than most textbooks

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About the Author:

Joseph J. DiStefano, III is a professor of computer science and medicine. He is also the director of the Biocybernetics Research Laboratory and chair of the Cybernetics Interdepartmental program at UCLA. DiStefano is on the editorial boards of "Annals of Biomedical Engineering" and "Optimal Control Applications and Methods," as well as the editor and founder of the Modeling Methodology Forum in the "American Journals of Physiology." Allen R. Stubberud is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of more than 100 articles and books, and belongs to a number of professional and technical organizations, including the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Ivan J. Williams is a project manager at the Space and Technology Group of TRW. He has instructed courses in control systems engineering at the UCLA.