Perspectives in Control Engineering: Technologies, Applications, and New Directions

"What important research developments are under way in control science and engineering? What are key challenges in control technology applications to different domains? What new directions are being charted for control systems?

Now practicing control engineers and students can find accessible answers to these multifaceted control issues without the intensive mathematical analysis usually found in control systems books. This all-in-one resource brings you state-of-the-art research results by contributors who are leading experts in control.

You will find insightful introductions and discussions of future trends for a range of control technologies and applications, including:
* Computer-aided control system design
* Discrete event systems
* Intelligent control
* Industrial process control
* Intelligent transportation systems.

PERSPECTIVES IN CONTROL ENGINEERING is the one-stop volume you need to gain an overview of the latest advances in control systems."

Sponsored by:
IEEE Control Systems Society.

About the Editor Tariq Samad is Chief Fellow at Honeywell Technology Center-the research and development center for the corporation's businesses which include industrial, homes and buildings, and aerospace controls. He has led projects investigating applications of advanced control and automation systems in all of these areas. Dr. Samad is also an adjunct professor of electrical engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He holds 11 patents and is a Honeywell STAR inventor. Dr. Samad has published widely in the field of control systems and is editor in chief of the IEEE Control Systems Magazine. Currently, he serves on the Board of Governors of the IEEE Control Systems Society.