Schaum's Outline of Feedback and Control Systems (Schaum's) [Paperback]

Allen Stubberud (Author), Ivan Williams (Author), Joseph DiStefano (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0070170525 | ISBN-13: 978-0070170520 | Publication Date: October 1, 1994 | Edition: 2

If you want top grades and thorough understanding of feedback and control systems—both analog and digital—in less study time, this powerful study tool is the best tutor you can have! It takes you step-by-step through the subject and gives you accompanying problems with fully worked solutions—plus hundreds of additional problems with answers at the end of chapters, so you can measure your progress. You also get the benefit of clear, detailed illustrations. Famous for their clarity, wealth of illustrations and examples—and lack of tedious detail—Schaum’s Outlines have sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. This guide will show you why!

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Master feedback and control systems with Schaum's­­the high-performance study guide. It will help you cut study time, hone problem-solving skills, and achieve your personal best on exams! Students love Schaum's Outlines because they produce results. Each year, hundreds of thousands of students improve their test scores and final grades with these indispensable study guides. Get the edge on your classmates. Use Schaum's!

If you don't have a lot of time but want to excel in class, this book helps you:

• Brush up before tests
• Find answers fast
• Study quickly and more effectively
• Get the big picture without spending hours poring over lengthy textbooks

Schaum's Outlines give you the information your teachers expect you to know in a handy and succinct format­­without overwhelming you with unnecessary details. You get a complete overview of the subject. Plus, you get plenty of practice exercises to test your skill. Compatible with any classroom text, Schaum's let you study at your own pace and remind you of all the important facts you need to remember­­fast! And Schaum's are so complete, they're perfect for preparing for graduate or professional exams.

Inside, you will find:

• 700 fully solved problems
• Hundreds of additional practice problems, with answers supplied
• Clear explanations of both continuous (analog) and discrete (digital) systems
• Concise help with the math you need throughout the course, including examples
• More about control systems than most textbooks

If you want top grades and thorough understanding of feedback and control systems, this powerful study tool is the best tutor you can have!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 512 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 2 edition (October 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070170525
• ISBN-13: 978-0070170520
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #270,086 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Detailed Overview of the Classical Control Theory, November 1, 2001

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slava (Torrance, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Schaum's Outline of Feedback and Control Systems (Schaum's) (Paperback)

I only bought this book after I went through undegraduate control and digital control classes. And after getting very fragmented knowledge of these disciplines, this book was very good in helping me sort it out. Yes, if you don't know a thing about control theory or don't have basic math background, it probably is hard to grasp without any other sourses. But if you have some basic understanding of the subject, then it is a very good review and reference for the classical control theory. I used this book for review before taking a PhD preliminary exam in controls, and it helped a lot. Now I am using it for the same reason for the job I just started. I like the way it describes digital control theory in parallel with the continuous-time controls, which is the best way to understand the discrete-time tools, instead of taking a whole other class starting from scratch. Constant examples to illustrate the theory are very good, so are the excersises. Mind you, this book doesn't go into details like some 800pp. volumes but it doesn't leave out anything important either. I highly recommend this book to undegrad and grad students, as well as a reference for the engineers.

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not a bad book, needs improvement, January 15, 2001

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Sai Saiedfar (Toronto, Ont. Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Schaum's Outline of Feedback and Control Systems (Schaum's) (Paperback)

Dear fellow readers: I recently read Schaum's outline of feedback and control systems. This book was recommended to me as a text that will give me a clear understanding of control systems. I am sorry to say that this book did not meet my original expectations. The basic concepts are very well illustrated in the first two chapters, but then it dives into explaining the mathematics of control systems (differential equations, z-transform etc.). They're simply too much emphasis of the vocabulary, which is down right confusing. The book also fails to give a clear picture of how different design methods (e.g. Root-Locus) can be employed in a real situation. It is my recommendation that this book should not be the only source of information, and must be used in junction with another control book. This statement holds true especially for university students. In a positive note, there are many examples that can help the reader gain insightful knowledge in this subject, and it also does a good job giving an overall picture of how different concepts relate to each other. These alone are good enough reasons to have a look at this book when studying control systems.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for Undgrad Course, October 12, 2002

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This review is from: Schaum's Outline of Feedback and Control Systems (Schaum's) (Paperback)

I'm currently taking a Feedback Control Theory course at the undergrad level, and I think this book is an excellent exposition of classical control theory. Our text for the course is Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems, written by people from Stanford. Schaum's Outline actually has more *theory* than the textbook we are using. It eliminates all of the frills and pretty colored diagrams in favor of exposing everything an undergraduate would have trouble with. And for those people who think the emphasis is only on problem solving, this "Outline" has more mathematical proof than the book from Stanford I just mentioned! I highly recommend using this book to get off on the right foot in control systems, whether you are an engineer just learning the material or an undergraduate; it solidifies the foundations of the theory so that practical problems will come more easily. Also, it is a practical book as well.