理查德·C.多尔夫，加州大学戴维斯分校电子计算机工程系教授、管理系教授，同时他还是美国工程教育协会(ASEE)、电气与电子工程师协会(IEEE)的会员，并著有多本电子工程领域的畅销著作。此外，他还是一位创业者，参与创立了七家技术企业。
罗伯特·H.毕晓普是美国南佛罗里达大学工学院院长和电力工程系教授，之前曾任特大学工学院院长，得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校航天工程与机械工程系的教授和系主任。Bishop教授的工程职业生涯起始于麻省理工学院有名的Charles Stark Draper 实验室。他编著出版了讲授图示化编程的畅销教材：Learning with LabVIEW，他还是Mechatronics Handbook 的合著者。Bishop教授始终是一位活跃的教师和研究者，作为作者/合作者发表了超过135篇的期刊或会议论文。他还是优选工学院院长理事会的活跃成员，该理事会致力于建立一个优选范围的工学院院长网络，以便推进优选工程教育、研究和服务的发展。Bishop教授是AIAA会士和AAS会士，并长期活跃于ASEE和IEEE等学会。

Chapter 1 Introduction to Control Systems
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Brief History of Automatic Control
1.3 Examples of Control Systems
1.4 Engineering Design
1.5 Control System Design
1.6 Mechatronic Systems
1.7 Green Engineering
1.8 The Future Evolution of Control Systems
1.9 Design Examples
1.10 Sequential Design Example: Disk Drive Read System
1.11 Summary
Skills Check
Exercises
Problems
Advanced
Problems
Design Problems
Terms and Concepts
Chapter 2 Mathematical Models of Systems
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Differential Equations of Physical Systems
2.3 Linear Approximations of Physical Systems
2.4 The Laplace Transform
2.5 The Transfer Function of Linear Systems
2.6 Block Diagram Models
2.7 Signal-Flow Graph Models
2.8 Design Examples
2.9 The Simulation of Systems Using Control Design Software
2.10 Sequential Design Example: Disk Drive Read System
2.11 Summary
Skills Check
Exercises
Problems
Advanced
Problems
Design Problems
Computer Problems
Terms and Concepts
Chapter 3 State Variable Models
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The State Variables of a Dynamic System
3.3 The State Differential Equation
3.4 Signal-Flow Graph and Block Diagram Models
3.5 Alternative Signal-Flow Graph and Block Diagram Models
3.6 The Transfer Function from the State Equation
3.7 The Time Response and the State Transition Matrix
3.8 Design Examples
3.9 Analysis of State Variable Models Using Control Design Software
3.10 Sequential Design Example: Disk Drive Read System
3.11 Summary
Skills Check
Exercises
Problems
Advanced
Problems
Design Problems
Computer Problems
Terms and Concepts
Chapter 4 Feedback Control System Characteristics
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Error Signal Analysis
4.3 Sensitivity of Control Systems to Parameter Variations
4.4 Disturbance Signals in a Feedback Control System
4.5 Control of the Transient Response
4.6 Steady-State Error
4.7 The Cost of Feedback
4.8 Design Examples
4.9 Control System Characteristics Using Control Design Software
4.10 Sequential Design Example: Disk Drive Read System
4.11 Summary
Skills Check
Exercises
Problems
Advanced
Problems
Design Problems
Computer Problems
Terms and Concepts
Chapter 5 The Performance of Feedback Control Systems
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Test Input Signals
5.3 Performance of Second-Order Systems
5.4 Effects of a Third Pole and a Zero on the Second-Order System Response
5.5 The s-Plane Root Location and the Transient Response
5.6 The Steady-State Error of Feedback Control Systems
5.7 Performance Indices
5.8 The Simplification of Linear Systems
5.9 Design Examples
5.10 System Performance Using Control Design Software
5.11 Sequential Design Example: Disk Drive Read System
5.12 Summary
Skills Check
Exercises
Problems
Advanced
Problems
Design Problems
Computer Problems
Terms and Concepts
Chapter 6 The Stability of Linear Feedback Systems
6.1 The Concept of Stability
6.2 The Routh-Hurwitz Stability Criterion
6.3 The Relative Stability of Feedback Control Systems
6.4 The Stability of State Variable Systems
6.5 Design Examples
6.6 System Stability Using Control Design Software
6.7 Sequential Design Example: Disk Drive Read System
6.8 Summary
Skills Check
Exercises
Problems
Advanced
Problems
Design Problems
Computer Problems
Terms and Concepts
Chapter 7 The Root Locus Method
7.1 Introduction
7.2 The Root Locus Concept
7.3 The Root Locus Procedure
7.4 Parameter Design by the Root Locus Method
7.5 Sensitivity and the Root Locus
7.6 PID Controllers
7.7 Negative Gain Root Locus
7.8 Design Examples
7.9 The Root Locus Using Control Design Software
7.10 Sequential Design Exam

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