Control Engineering: A Modern Approach [Hardcover]

Pierre R. Belanger (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0195178629 | ISBN-13: 978-0195178623 | Publication Date: September 8, 2005 | Edition: 1st

An exciting new text for the advanced controls course, Control Engineering: A Modern Approach breaks with tradition by introducing a number of new topics--robust controls, for example--and omitting a number of topics dated by the use of digital computers. B�langer gives the student a real introduction to control engineering because he covers material at the introductory level that is truly new and up-to-date. Introductory controls students in electrical, mechanical, and aeronautical engineering benefit from the text's practical emphasis on modeling and simulation supported by recurring case examples and problems. This approach--used only in Control Engineering: A Modern Approach--gives the student a much deeper physical insight into observable and controllable models. The text is designed to be used with MATLAB software, and refers extensively to it throughout, emphasizing the computer as a regular and indispensable tool of the successful control engineer.

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"Excellent text for a senior/graduate class!"--M.S. Fadala, University of Nevada at Reno

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Pierre R. Belanger, McGill University. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 492 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press; 1st edition (September 8, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0195178629
• ISBN-13: 978-0195178623
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,238,741 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars FINALLY, A DIFFERENT TEXTBOOK, August 4, 2000

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This review is from: Control Engineering: A Modern Approach (Hardcover)

Belanger brings the reader trhu all control teory, developing the same examples each chapter and all over the book, from modeling to the state feedback control and MIMO control. The exercises are well directed and follow the same pattern, where a project is developed since its begining. It's not just another mix of the words "control", "engineering" and "modern", it's a completely different and much more direct approach. I'd surely recommend this book for my students.

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4.0 out of 5 stars It's Good to Have, February 7, 2010

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This review is from: Control Engineering: A Modern Approach (Hardcover)

I was very pleased with this purchase. It has a clear explanation of H infinity control, making it a definite text to have for those interested in robust control.