Contents

Chapter 1 : Instroduction to Control Systems 1

Chapter 2 : Mathematical Models of Systems 41

Chapter 3 : State Variable Models 144

Chapter 4 : Feedback Control System Characteristics 212

Chapter 5 : The Performance of Feedback Control Systems 277

Chapter 6 : The Stability of Linear Feedback Systems 355

Chapter 7 : The Root Locus Method 407

Chapter 8 : Frequency Response Methods 493

Chapter 9 : Stability in the Frequency Domain 567

Chapter 10: The Design of Feedback Control Systems 667

Chapter 11: The Design of State Variable Feedback Systems 756

Chapter 12: Robust Control Systems 828

Chapter 13: Digital Control Systems 901

Appendix A: MATLAB Basics 953

Appendix B: MathScript Basics 971