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Author: John Billingsley (University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint: CRC Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.612kg
ISBN: 9781420091236
ISBN 10: 1420091239
Pages: 339
Publication Date: 10 November 2009
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
!a valuable and much-needed demystification of control theory ! The role of the blackboard is assumed by a well-matched and balanced Web site, on which JavaScript-based simulations of the book's examples and experiments can be run (and rerun with changed parameters). ! The complement of the lucid and reasoned thinking out loud is, along with coherent excerpts of JavaScript, in the hard copy. ! Forgetting for the moment that this is an intrinsically excellent book, it is also the right control theory book at the right time. ! This book has my highest recommendation among control theory books. --George Hacken, Computing Reviews, August 2010 This book contains some basic notions and techniques from the control theory presented from the point of view of an engineer. Special attention is paid to the classical frequency-domain methods, practical observers, and different principles of controller design. Using the author's own Javascript On-Line Learning Interactive Environment for Simulation (Jollies), the design and modeling of various control systems is explained step-by-step (as the inverted pendulum). ... The book contains a large number of illustrative examples (including the corresponding Javascript codes and simulation results) helping to understand the application of the control theory to design of working controllers. ! very useful as a complementary reading for a course in control theory. -- Mikhail I. Krastanov, in Zentralblatt MATH, 1198-1
!a valuable and much-needed demystification of control theory ! The role of the blackboard is assumed by a well-matched and balanced Web site, on which JavaScript-based simulations of the book's examples and experiments can be run (and rerun with changed parameters). ! The complement of the lucid and reasoned thinking out loud is, along with coherent excerpts of JavaScript, in the hard copy. ! Forgetting for the moment that this is an intrinsically excellent book, it is also the right control theory book at the right time. ! This book has my highest recommendation among control theory books. --George Hacken, Computing Reviews, August 2010
...a valuable and much-needed demystification of control theory ... The role of the blackboard is assumed by a well-matched and balanced Web site, on which JavaScript-based simulations of the book's examples and experiments can be run (and rerun with changed parameters). ... The complement of the lucid and reasoned thinking out loud is, along with coherent excerpts of JavaScript, in the hard copy. ... Forgetting for the moment that this is an intrinsically excellent book, it is also the right control theory book at the right time. ... This book has my highest recommendation among control theory books. -George Hacken, Computing Reviews, August 2010 This book contains some basic notions and techniques from the control theory presented from the point of view of an engineer. Special attention is paid to the classical frequency-domain methods, practical observers, and different principles of controller design. Using the author's own Javascript On-Line Learning Interactive Environment for Simulation (Jollies), the design and modeling of various control systems is explained step-by-step (as the inverted pendulum). ... The book contains a large number of illustrative examples (including the corresponding Javascript codes and simulation results) helping to understand the application of the control theory to design of working controllers. ... very useful as a complementary reading for a course in control theory. - Mikhail I. Krastanov, in Zentralblatt MATH, 1198-1
Author Information
John Billingsley is Chair of Mechatronic Engineering at the University of Southern Queensland in Toowoomba, Australia, and directs technology research in the National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture (NCEA).
