Feedback and Control for Everyone

• Main Authors: Albertos, Pedro. (Author), Mareels, Iven. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Systems theory.; Mathematics.; Vibration.; Mechanical engineering.; Computer engineering.; Control.; Popular Science in Mathematics/Computer Science/Natural Science/Technology.; Systems Theory, Control.; Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control.; Electrical Engineering.; Mechanical Engineering.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03446-6

This well structured, intriguing and motivating book presents the basic ideas and understanding of control, signals and systems for readers interested in engineering and science. Through a series of examples that are regularly revisited from different perspectives, the book explores both the theory...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Analogies
• Feedback and Control in Life Applications
• Signal Analysis
• Systems and Models
• Stability, Sensitivity and Robustness
• Feedback
• The Control Subsystem
• The Control Subsystem Components
• Control Design
• Benefits of Control
• A Look at the Future.