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Control System Design

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This was a required textbook for a intro grad controls class at Purdue and I felt it was an excellent text book. They give you enough info on the background stuff that if you want you can find other books that will go into more detail. It was very enjoyable read and I will definitely keep this book as reference.

I bought this book for a Post grad Controls course. The book arrived quickly and was in reasonably good condition as indicated by the 'shelf wear' description. However, the book is very cryptic, there are very few well worked out examples. It assumes you know and remember all the background classic controls theory which was not my case. I think the Ogata is a better transition book.

I think that all control texts should be written this way. This text gives a very thorough explanation of SISO control and then very slowly transitions into MIMO control by introducing decentralized control. After decentralized control, cross-feed and more advanced MIMO techniques based on inverse dynamics are introduced. This text also covers fundamental limitations of control, which is important. There is also a lot of internet support and MATLAB examples.

This text does a very good job of presenting mathematical topics which are not covered in many control texts in a palatable way. In some places, one might get lost or overwhelmed with the math, but stick with it and things will become clear. The math in this text is quite accurate and does not overemphasize or misrepresent the singular value unlike many other "advanced" controls texts.