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Distefano, Joseph. Schaum's Outline of Feedback and Control Systems, 2nd Edition. US: McGraw-Hill, 2013.

Schaum's Outline of Feedback and Control Systems, 2nd Edition

Authors: Joseph Distefano

Published:  November 2013

eISBN: 9780071830768 0071830766 | ISBN: 9780071829489
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Tough Test Questions? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time?

Fortunately for you, there’s Schaum's. This all-in-one-package includes more than 700 fully solved problems, examples, and practice exercises to sharpen your problem-solving skills. Plus, you will have access to 20 detailed videos featuring instructors who explain the most commonly tested problems--it's just like having your own virtual tutor! You'll find everything you need to build confidence, skills, and knowledge for the highest score possible.

More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum's to help them succeed in the classroom and on exams. Schaum's is the key to faster learning and higher grades in every subject. Each Outline presents all the essential course information in an easy-to-follow, topic-by-topic format. You also get hundreds of examples, solved problems, and practice exercises to test your skills.

This Schaum's Outline gives you

  • 700 fully solved problems

  • Extra practice on topics such as differential equations and linear systems, transfer functions, block diagram algebra, and more

  • Support for all major textbooks for feedback and control systems courses

Fully compatible with your classroom text, Schaum's highlights all the important facts you need to know. Use Schaum’s to shorten your study time--and get your best test scores!

Schaum's Outlines--Problem Solved.

Joseph J. DiStefano, III is a professor of computer science and medicine. He is also the director of the Biocybernetics Research Laboratory and chair of the Cybernetics Interdepartmental program at UCLA. DiStefano is on the editorial boards of Annals of Biomedical Engineering and Optimal Control Applications and Methods, as well as the editor and founder of the Modeling Methodology Forum in the American Journals of Physiology.

Allen R. Stubberud is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of more than 100 articles and books, and belongs to a number of professional and technical organizations, including the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Ivan J. Williams is a project manager at the Space and Technology Group of TRW. He has instructed courses in control systems engineering at the UCLA.

Keywords: ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, CIVIL ENGINEERING, SCHAUM, FEEDBACK, CONTROL, SYSTEMS, BIO-CONTROL SYSTEMS, ROBOTICS, BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, ELECTRONICAL ENGINEERING, CONTROL SYSTEMS TERMINOLOGY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS, DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS, LINEAR SYSTEMS, LAPLACE TRANSFORM, Z-TRANSFORM STABILITY, TRANSFER FUNCTIONS, BLOCK DIAGRAM ALGEBRA, TRANSFER FUNCTIONS OF SYSTEMS, SIGNAL FLOW GRAPHS, SYSTEM SENSITIVITY MEASURES, CLASSIFICATION OF FEEDBACK SYSTEMS ANALYSIS, DESIGN OF FEEDBACK CONTROL SYSTEMS: OBJECTIVES AND METHODS, NYQUIST ANALYSIS, NYQUIST DESIGN, ROOT-LOCUS DESIGN, BODE ANALYSIS, BODE DESIGN, NICHOLS CHART ANALYSIS, NICHOLS CHART DESIGN, INTRODUCTION TO NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS, INTRODUCTION TO ADVANCED TOPICS IN CONTROL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN