TY - BOOK AU - Gopal,M. TI - Control systems: principles and design U1 - 629.8312 PY - 2003/// CY - Boston, Mass. PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Control theory KW - Automatic control N1 - Preface to the second edition. - Preface to the first edition. - 1. Introduction to the control problem. - 2. Dynamic models and dynamic response. - 3. Models on industrial control devices and systems. - 4. Basic principles of feedback control. - 5. Concepts of stability and the routh stability criterion. - 6. The performance of feedback systems. - 7. Compensator design using root locus plots. - 8. The nyquist stability criterion and stability margins. - 9. Feedback system performance based on the frequency response. - 10. Compensator design using bode plots. - 11. Hardware and software implementation of common compensators. - 12. Control system analysis using state variable methods. - Appendix A: Mathematical background. - Appendix B. MATLAB environment. - Appendix C: Control theory quiz. - References. - Companion book. - Answer to problems. - Index ER -