Feedback Control Systems (4th Edition) (Hardcover)

by Charles L. Phillips (Author), Royce D. Harbor (Author)

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Product Description
For junior/senior-level Control Theory courses in Electrical, Mechanical, and Aerospace Engineering. This text offers a thorough analysis of the principles of classical and modern feedback control. Organizing topic coverage into three sections--linear analog control systems, linear digital control systems, and nonlinear analog control systems--helps students understand the difference between mathematical models and the physical systems that the models represent.

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A compact exploration of the behavior of dynamic systems and how this behavior may be changed by the use of feedback. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 658 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 4 edition (August 19, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0139490906
• ISBN-13: 978-0139490903
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #486,762 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Typical Prentice Hall, September 22, 2003

By	ezjay - See all my reviews

As is usually the case with Prentice Hall books, you are left puzzled about how to use the information presented in the chapter to solve even the first Practice Problem in each chapter. The chapter uses simple examples, and then expects you to solve more complicated systems without explaining how the concepts can be extended to cover them.

The authors also provide no answers to the practice problems, so to check any of your work you must find someone that knows the correct answer and compare your work with theirs.

It seems every time the author attempts to extend some help by preworking part of a problem they make a typo... With only one simple example as guidance there is no room for typos.

On the plus side, the material in the book is well selected. If you are working on control systems, you will find these topics helpful, so the book does deserve a star, but only one.

I do not recommend this book or its publisher, Prentice Hall; especially to anyone trying to independent study this material.

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Undergraduate Student in Electrical Engineering, April 9, 2000

By	Michael Suckow (Auburn, AL) - See all my reviews

Why are there no solutions to the presented problems? Most all books I have used, in my 3 years of studying EE, have had the answers to the odd numbered problems. One example within a chapter is not enough for a student to be certain that other, more different, problems can be aproached and solved in the same manner.

If a solutions guide is available, I am more than willing to purchase it. [e-mail]

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Decent overview, poor organization, April 6, 2008

By	Simon H. Clemens "TGTutanka" (Bozone MT) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Feedback Control Systems (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

It has the information for basic controls, but the organization is tough for beginners to follow. It is just tough to read through, and I am one who reads many EE and math books cover to cover.