Westphal, L: Handbook of Control Systems Engineering

Preface. 1. Introduction and overview. 2. Elements of systems engineering of digital control. 3. Sensors and instrumentation. 4. Control elements, actuators, and displays. 5. Computer systems hardware. 6. Computer software. 7. Communications. 8. Control laws without theory. 9. Sources of system models. 10. Continuous-time system representations. 11. Sampled-data system representations. 12. Conversions of Continuous-time to discrete-time models. 13. System Performance indicators. 14. BIBO stability and simple tests. 15. Nyquist stability theory. 16. Lyapunov stability testing. 17. Steady state response: error constants and system type. 18. Root locus methods for analysis and design. 19. Desirable pole locations. 20. Bode diagrams for frequency domain analysis and design. 21. A special control law: deadbeat control. 22. Controllability. 23. Controller design by pole placement. 24. Observability. 25. State observers. 26. Optimal control by multiplier-type methods. 27. Other optimal control methods. 28. State estimation in noise. 29. State feedback using state estimates. 30. System identification. 31. Adaptive and self-tuning control. 32. Structures of multivariable controllers. 33. Linearization methods for nonlinear systems. 34. Variable structures and sliding mode control. 35. Intelligent control. 36. Robus control. 37. Discrete event control systems. Appendix A. Appendix B. Appendix C. References. Index.