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1. |  Modern Control System Theory and Design, 2nd Edition Publisher: Wiley-Interscience Publication Date: 06-MAY-1998 Insert Date: 06-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Modern Control System Theory and Design, 2nd Edition
The definitive guide to control system design
Modern Control System Theory and Design, Second Edition offers the most comprehensive treatment of control systems available today. Its unique text/software combination integrates classical and modern control system theories, while promoting an interactive, computer-based approach to design solutions. The sheer volume of practical examples, as well as the hundreds of illustrations of control systems from all engineering fields, make this volume accessible to students and indispensable for professional engineers.
This fully updated Second...
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2. |  Computational Principles of Mobile Robotics, Second Edition By: Gregory Dudek; Michael Jenkin Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication Date: 30-JUL-2010 Insert Date: 03-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Computational Principles of Mobile Robotics, Second Edition
This textbook for advanced undergraduates and graduate students emphasizes algorithms for a range of strategies for locomotion, sensing, and reasoning. It concentrates on wheeled and legged mobile robots but discusses a variety of other propulsion systems. The new edition includes advances in robotics and intelligent machines over the last ten years, including significant coverage of SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) and multi-robot systems. It includes additional mathematical background and an extensive list of sample problems. Various mathematical techniques that were...
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3. |  Control Systems Engineering, Second Edition By: S. K. Bhattacharya Publisher: Pearson Education India Publication Date: 05-NOV-2008 Insert Date: 08-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Control Systems Engineering, Second Edition
Control Systems Engineering is a comprehensive text designed to cover the complete syllabi of the subject offered at various engineering disciplines at the undergraduate level. The book begins with a discussion on open-loop and closed-loop control systems. The block diagram representation and reduction techniques have been used to arrive at the transfer function of systems. The signal flow graph technique has also been explained with the same objective. This book lays emphasis on the practical applications along with the explanation of key concepts.
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4. |  Frequency-Domain Analysis and Design of Distributed Control Systems By: Yu-Ping Tian Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Press Publication Date: 06-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 31-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Frequency-Domain Analysis and Design of Distributed Control Systems
This book presents a unified frequency-domain method for the analysis of distributed control systems. The following important topics are discussed by using the proposed frequency-domain method: (1) Scalable stability criteria of networks of distributed control systems; (2) Effect of heterogeneous delays on the stability of a network of distributed control system; (3) Stability of Internet congestion control algorithms; and (4) Consensus in multi-agent systems. This book is ideal for graduate students in control, networking and robotics, as well as researchers in the fields of control...
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5. |  Control of Power Inverters in Renewable Energy and Smart Grid Integration By: Qing-Chang Zhong; Tomas Hornik Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Press Publication Date: 22-JAN-2013 Insert Date: 15-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Control of Power Inverters in Renewable Energy and Smart Grid Integration
Integrating renewable energy and other distributed energy sources into smart grids, often via power inverters, is arguably the largest "new frontier" for smart grid advancements. Inverters should be controlled properly so that their integration does not jeopardize the stability and performance of power systems and a solid technical backbone is formed to facilitate other functions and services of smart grids.
This unique reference offers systematic treatment of important control problems in power inverters, and different general converter theories. Starting at a basic level, it presents...
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6. |  By: A. Galip Ulsoy; Huei Peng; Melih Çakmakci Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication Date: 30-APR-2012 Insert Date: 05-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Automotive Control Systems
This engineering course book introduces advanced control systems for vehicles, including advanced automotive concepts and the next generation of vehicles for ITS. For each automotive control problem considered, the authors emphasise the physics and underlying principles behind the control system concept and design. This is an exciting and rapidly developing field for which many articles and reports exist but no modern unifying text. An extensive list of references is provided at the end of each chapter for all the topics covered. It is currently the only textbook, including problems and...
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7. |  Advanced Modern Control System Theory and Design Publisher: Wiley-Interscience Publication Date: 16-SEP-1998 Insert Date: 01-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Advanced Modern Control System Theory and Design
The definitive guide toadvanced control system design
Advanced Modern Control System Theory and Design offers the most comprehensive treatment of advanced control systems available today. Superbly organized and easy to use, this book is designed for an advanced course and is a companion volume to the introductory text, Modern Control System Theory and Design, Second Edition (or any other introductory book on control systems). In addition, it can serve as an excellent text for practicing control system engineers who need to learn more advanced control systems techniques in order to...
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8. |  Process Identification and PID Control By: Su Whan Sung; Jietae Lee; In-Beum Lee Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Press Publication Date: 27-APR-2009 Insert Date: 01-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Process Identification and PID Control
Process Identification and PID Control enables students and researchers to understand the basic concepts of feedback control, process identification, autotuning as well as design and implement feedback controllers, especially, PID controllers. The first The first two parts introduce the basics of process control and dynamics, analysis tools (Bode plot, Nyquist plot) to characterize the dynamics of the process, PID controllers and tuning, advanced control strategies which have been widely used in industry. Also, simple simulation techniques required for practical controller designs and...
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9. |  Dynamics and Nonlinear Control of Integrated Process Systems By: Michael Baldea; Prodromos Daoutidis Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication Date: 02-AUG-2012 Insert Date: 30-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Dynamics and Nonlinear Control of Integrated Process Systems
Presenting a systematic model reduction and hierarchical controller design framework for broad classes of integrated process systems encountered in practice, this book first studies process systems with large material recycle and/or with small purge streams, followed by systems with energy integration. Step-by-step model reduction procedures are developed to derive nonlinear reduced models of the dynamics in each time scale. Hierarchical control architectures consisting of coordinated levels of control action in different time scales are proposed for each class of process systems...
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10. |  Digital Design and Computer Architecture, 2nd Edition By: David David Harris; Sarah Sarah Harris Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Publication Date: 24-AUG-2012 Insert Date: 28-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Digital Design and Computer Architecture, 2nd Edition
Digital Design and Computer Architecture takes a unique and modern approach to digital design. Beginning with digital logic gates and progressing to the design of combinational and sequential circuits, Harris and Harris use these fundamental building blocks as the basis for what follows: the design of an actual MIPS processor. SystemVerilog and VHDL are integrated throughout the text in examples illustrating the methods and techniques for CAD-based circuit design. By the end of this book, readers will be able to build their own microprocessor and will have a top-to-bottom understanding...
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11. |  Microcontroller Projects in C for the 8051 By: Dogan Ibrahim Publisher: Newnes Publication Date: 05-JUN-2000 Insert Date: 05-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Microcontroller Projects in C for the 8051
This book is a thoroughly practical way to explore the 8051 and discover C programming through project work. Through graded projects, Dogan Ibrahim introduces the reader to the fundamentals of microelectronics, the 8051 family, programming in C, and the use of a C compiler. The specific device used for examples is the AT89C2051 - a small, economical chip with re-writable memory, readily available from the major component suppliers. A working knowledge of microcontrollers, and how to program them, is essential for all students of electronics. In this rapidly expanding field many students...
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12. |  Design Optimization of Active and Passive Structural Control Systems By: Nikos Lagaros; Vagelis Plevris; Chara Mitropoulou Publisher: IGI Global Publication Date: 31-AUG-2012 Insert Date: 04-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Design Optimization of Active and Passive Structural Control Systems A typical engineering task during the development of any system is, among others, to improve its performance in terms of cost and response. Improvements can be achieved either by simply using design rules based on the experience or in an automated way by using optimization methods that lead to optimum designs.Design Optimization of Active and Passive Structural Control Systems includes Earthquake Engineering and Tuned Mass Damper research topics into a volume taking advantage of the connecting link between them, which is optimization. This is a publication addressing the design optimization...
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13. |  Applied Control Theory for Embedded Systems By: Tim Wescott Publisher: Newnes Publication Date: 03-APR-2006 Insert Date: 04-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Applied Control Theory for Embedded Systems
Many embedded engineers and programmers who need to implement basic process or motion control as part of a product design do not have formal training or experience in control system theory. Although some projects require advanced and very sophisticated control systems expertise, the majority of embedded control problems can be solved without resorting to heavy math and complicated control theory. However, existing texts on the subject are highly mathematical and theoretical and do not offer practical examples for embedded designers. This book is different;it presents mathematical...
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14. |  Practical Embedded Controllers By: John Park Publisher: Newnes Publication Date: 28-JUL-2003 Insert Date: 02-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Practical Embedded Controllers
This book will help the technician, engineer and user understand the microcontroller-based systems along with the most common problems and their solutions. This book covers design, specification, programming, installation, configuration and of course troubleshooting. · An engineer's guide to the design, applications and troubleshooting of microcontroller-based systems · The introductory chapters on embedded microcontroller architecture and programming are written at the right level with an applications focus for practicing engineers · A highly topical book with a wide readership involved...
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15. |  Mitsubishi FX Programmable Logic Controllers, 2nd Edition By: John Ridley Publisher: Newnes Publication Date: 13-SEP-2004 Insert Date: 02-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Mitsubishi FX Programmable Logic Controllers, 2nd Edition
John Ridley provides comprehensive information on usage, design and programming for the Mitsubishi FX range of programmable logic controllers, in this step-by-step, practical guide. Professional engineers working with Mitsubishi PLCs, as well as students following courses focusing on these devices, will find this book to be an essential resource for this popular PLC family. Numerous worked examples and assignments are included, to reinforce the practical application of these devices, widely used in industry. Fully updated throughout from coverage of the FX PLC to now cover the FxN PLC...
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16. |  Sensors and Transducers, 3rd Edition By: Ian Sinclair Publisher: Newnes Publication Date: 30-MAY-2001 Insert Date: 02-AUG-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Sensors and Transducers, 3rd Edition
In this book Ian Sinclair provides the practical knowhow required by technician engineers, systems designers and students. The focus is firmly on understanding the technologies and their different applications, not a mathematical approach. The result is a highly readable text which provides a unique introduction to the selection and application of sensors, transducers and switches, and a grounding in the practicalities of designing with these devices.
The devices covered encompass heat, light and motion, environmental sensing, sensing in industrial control, and signal-carrying and...
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17. |  Distributed Control of Robotic Networks By: Francesco Bullo; Jorge Cortés; Sonia Martínez Publisher: Princeton University Press Publication Date: 06-JUL-2009 Insert Date: 20-JUL-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Distributed Control of Robotic Networks
This self-contained introduction to the distributed control of robotic networks offers a distinctive blend of computer science and control theory. The book presents a broad set of tools for understanding coordination algorithms, determining their correctness, and assessing their complexity; and it analyzes various cooperative strategies for tasks such as consensus, rendezvous, connectivity maintenance, deployment, and boundary estimation. The unifying theme is a formal model for robotic networks that explicitly incorporates their communication, sensing, control, and processing...
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18. |  By: Robert Pease Publisher: Newnes Publication Date: 12-MAY-2008 Insert Date: 30-DEC-2011 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Analog Circuits
Newnes has worked with Robert Pease, a leader in the field of analog design to select the very best design-specific material that we have to offer. The Newnes portfolio has always been know for its practical no nonsense approach and our design content is in keeping with that tradition. This material has been chosen based on its timeliness and timelessness. Designers will find inspiration between these covers highlighting basic design concepts that can be adapted to today's hottest technology as well as design material specific to what is happening in the field today. As an added bonus the...
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19. |  System Identification: Theory for the User, Second Edition By: Lennart Ljung - Linköping University Sweden Publisher: Prentice Hall Publication Date: 29-DEC-1998 Insert Date: 05-FEB-2010 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: System Identification: Theory for the User, Second Edition The field's leading text, now completely updated.
Modeling dynamical systems — theory, methodology, and
applications.
Lennart Ljung's System Identification: Theory for the
User is a complete, coherent description of the theory,
methodology, and practice of System Identification. This completely
revised Second Edition introduces subspace methods, methods that
utilize frequency domain data, and general non-linear black box
methods, including neural networks and neuro-fuzzy modeling. The
book contains many new computer-based examples designed for Ljung's
market-leading software, System...
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