Automatic Control Systems

Abstract

This tenth edition is with a new publisher, McGraw-Hill Education. It represents a complete overhaul of the textbook, which delivers practical coverage designed to introduce readers to the essential concepts of automatic control systems. The new edition features significant enhancements of all chapters, a greater number of solved examples, labs using both LEGO® MINDSTORMS ® and MATLAB ® /SIMLab, and a valuable introduction to the concept of Control Lab. The book gives students a real-world understanding of the subject and prepares them for the challenges they will one day face. For this edition, we increased the number of examples, added more MATLAB toolboxes, and enhanced the MATLAB GUI software, ACSYS, to allow interface with LEGO MINDSTORMS. We also added more computeraided tools for students and teachers. The new edition has been 5 years in the making, and was reviewed by many professors to better fine-tune the new concepts. In this edition, Chaps. 1 through 3 are organized to contain all background material, while Chaps. 4 through 11 contain material directly related to the subject of control. The Control Lab material is presented in great detail in App. D.