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A First Course in Control System Design, Second Edition

Kamran Iqbal

Control systems are pervasive in our lives. Our homes have environmental controls. The appliances we use, such as the washing machine, microwave, etc. carry embedded controllers in them. We fly in airplanes and drive automobiles that extensively use control systems. The industrial plants that produce consumer goods run on process control systems. The recent drive toward automation has increased our reliance on control systems technology.


This book discusses control systems design from a model-based perspective for dynamic system models of single-input single-output type. The emphasis in this book is on understanding and applying the techniques that enable the design of effective control systems in multiple engineering disciplines. The book covers both time-domain and the frequency-domain design methods, as well as controller design for both continuous-time and discrete-time systems. MATLAB(c) and its Control Systems Toolbox are extensively used for design. Technical topics discussed in the book include:

  • Mathematical models of physical systems
  • Analysis of transfer function and state variable models
  • Control systems design objectives
  • Control system design with root locus
  • Control system design in the state-space
  • Control system design of sampled-data systems
  • Compensator design with frequency response methods


Book Details

  • Publisher: River Publishers
  • Publish Date: Jul 31st, 2020
  • Pages: 322
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - 0002
  • Dimensions: 9.21in - 6.14in - 0.75in - 1.38lb
  • EAN: 9788770221528
  • Categories: Software Development & Engineering - Systems Analysis & DesiAutomationTelecommunications

About the Author

Iqbal, Kamran: - Kamran Iqbal obtained his B.E. in Aeronautical Engineering from NED University, his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Ohio State University, followed by postdoctoral work at Northwestern University. He has held academic appointments at College or Aeronautical Engineering, GIK Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, University of California, Riverside, University of California, Irvine, California State University at Fullerton, and University of Arkansas at Little Rock where he currently serves as Professor of Systems Engineering. His research interests include neuromechanics and motor control of human movement, computational intelligence, and biomedical engineering and signal processing. He is a senior member of IEEE (USA), a member of IET (UK), ASEE, IASTED, and Sigma Xi, and past president of Sigma Xi Central Arkansas Chapter. He is a regular contributor to the IEEE System, Man, and Cybernetics and/or Engineering in Medicine and Biology conference.