Modern Control Systems, Global Edition

For courses in Control Theory.

Modern Control Systems presents the structure of feedback control theory and provides a sequence of exciting discoveries as students proceed through the text and problems. Written to be equally useful for all engineering disciplines, this text is organised around the concepts of control systems theory in the context of frequency and time domains. It provides coverage of both classical and modern methods of control engineering to give students a strong foundation in basic principles that they can utilise to explore advanced topics in later chapters.

Emphasis is placed on real-world complex control systems and practical design applications as well as evolving design strategies like green engineering and human-centered design. Problem solving is strongly emphasised, with an abundance of problems of increasing complexity that help students learn to apply theory to computer-aided design and analysis concepts using MATLAB and LabVIEW MathScript. The 14th Edition incorporates over 20% new or updated problems, with a total of over 980 end-of-chapter exercises, problems, advanced problems, design problems, and computer problems.

• 1. Introduction to Control Systems
• 2. Mathematical Models of Systems
• 3. State Variable Models
• 4. Feedback Control System Characteristics
• 5. The Performance of Feedback Control Systems
• 6. The Stability of Linear Feedback Systems
• 7. The Root Locus Method
• 8. Frequency Response Methods
• 9. Stability in the Frequency Domain
• 10. The Design of Feedback Control Systems
• 11. The Design of State Variable Feedback Systems
• 12. Robust Control Systems
• 13. Digital Control Systems
• Appendices (Web Resources)
• A. MATLAB Basics
• B. MathScript RT Module Basics
• C. Symbols, Units, and Conversion Factors
• D. Laplace Transform Pairs
• E. An Introduction to Matrix Algebra
• F. Decibel Conversion
• G. Complex Numbers
• H. z-Transform Pairs
• I. Discrete-Time Evaluation of the Time Response
• J. Design Aids

Richard C. Dorf was Emeriti Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, Davis. Known as an instructor who was highly concerned with the discipline of electrical engineering and its application to social and economic needs, Professor Dorf wrote and edited several successful engineering textbooks and handbooks, including the best-selling Engineering Handbook, and Electrical Engineering Handbook. Professor Dorf was also co-author of Technology Ventures, a leading textbook on technology entrepreneurship. Professor Dorf was a Fellow of the IEEE and a Fellow of the ASEE. Dr. Dorf held a patent for the PIDA controller.

Robert H. Bishop is the Dean of Engineering at the University of South Florida, President and CEO of the Institute of Applied Engineering, and a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering. He authors the well-known textbook for teaching graphical programming entitled Learning with LabVIEW and is also the editor-in-chief of the Mechatronics Handbook. Professor Bishop remains an active teacher and researcher and has authored/co-authored over one hundred and forty-five journal and conference papers. He is a Fellow of the AIAA, a Fellow of the American Astronautical Society (AAS), a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and active in ASEE and in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).