http://www.freebookspot.in Latest books added today en-us http://www.freebookspot.in/logorss.jpg http://www.freebookspot.in 160 43 http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=47316 The Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) controller operates the majority of modern control systems and has applications in many industries; thus any improvement in its design methodology has the potential to have a significant engineering and economic impact. Despite the existence of numerous methods for setting the parameters of PID controllers, the stability analysis of time-delay systems that use PID controllers remains extremely difficult and unclear, and there are very few existing results on PID controller synthesis. Filling a gap in the literature, this book is a presentation of recent results in the field of PID controllers, including their design, analysis, and synthesis. The focus is on linear time-invariant plants, which may contain a time-delay in the feedback loop---a setting that captures many real-world practical and industrial situations. Emphasis is placed on the efficient computation of the entire set of PID controllers achieving stability and various performance specifications---both classical (gain and phase margin) and modern (H-infinity norms of closed-loop transfer functions)---enabling realistic design with several different criteria. Efficiency is important for the development of future software design packages, as well as further capabilities such as adaptive PID design and online implementation. Additional topics and features include: * generalization and use of results---due to Pontryagin and others---to analyze time-delay systems Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=46562 Description: Digital controllers are part of nearly all modern personal, industrial, and transportation sytems. Every senior or graduate student of electrical, chemical or mechanical engineering should therefore be familiar with the basic theory of digital controllers. This new text covers the fundamental principles and applications of digital control engineering, with emphasis on engineering design. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=42813 In this new edition, I have added two additional chapters devoted to H8 approaches and to AI approaches, respectively. I have also added a chapter that, placed at the end of the book, briefly reviews the development of control, so forming something of a context for what has gone before. In addition to these major changes, I have reviewed and, where necessary, revised all the earlier material. In the spirit of the first edition, I have added ten additional diversionary ‘Interludes’ and of course taken the opportunity to update and enhance the references and suggestions for further reading. I very much hope that the resulting new edition is well placed to satisfy the aims of the first edition, which were as stated in the following section. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=42795 The comfort of a car as perceived by the driver can be as important to its commercial success as its performance and fuel efficiency. Modern engines deliver increased torque and there is a current trend to reduce transmission-shaft stiffness, both phenomena militating against maintaining, let alone increasing, ride comfort. Dry Clutch Control for Automated Manual Transmission Vehicles analyses the control of a part of the powertrain which has a key role in ride comfort during standing-start and gear-shifting manoeuvres. The mechanical conception of the various elements in the driveline has long since been optimised so this book takes a more holistic system-oriented view of the problem featuring: • a comprehensive description of the driveline elements and their operation paying particular attention to the clutch; • a nonlinear model of the driveline for simulation and a simplified model for control design, complete with a standing-start driver automaton for closed loop simulation; • a detailed analysis of the engagement operation and the related comfort criteria; • different control schemes aiming at meeting these criteria; • friction coefficient and unknown input clutch torque observers; • practical implementation issues and solutions based on the hands-on experience of implementing optimal engagement strategies on two Renault prototypes. Dry Clutch Control for Automated Manual Transmission Vehicles will be essential reading for automotive engineers wo Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=42520 Introduces students to the theory and practice of control systems engineering. Emphasizes the practical application of the subject to the analysis and design of feedback systems. Suitable for upper-division college and engineering students and self-study. Emphasizing the practical application of control systems engineering, the new Fourth Edition shows how to analyze and design real-world feedback control systems. Readers learn how to create control systems that support today's advanced technology and apply the latest computer methods to the analysis and design of control systems. * A methodology with clearly defined steps is presented for each type of design problem. * Continuous design examples give a realistic view of each stage in the control systems design process. * A complete tutorial on using MATLAB Version 5 in designing control systems prepares readers to use this important software tool. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=42144 A discussion of analysis and design techniques for linear feedback control systems using MATLAB® software. By reducing the mathematics, increasing MATLAB working examples, and inserting short scripts and plots within the text, the authors have created a text suitable for almost any type of user. Suitable for beginners entering the field; for students who wish to bridge the gap between control theory and the use of MATLAB for control systems; and as a handy reference for practising engineers. The MATLAB companion package, CtrlLAB, allows readers to learn quickly while simply clicking through options with a mouse. Each chapter ends with a set of problems to help readers strengthen their understanding of the material. All example scripts within the book, as well as the CtrlLAB package, are freely downloadable from MATLAB Central, an open exchange for the MATLAB and Simulink® community (www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/index.shtml). Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=40175 Multivariable Feedback Control: Analysis and Design, Second Edition presents a rigorous, yet easily readable, introduction to the analysis and design of robust multivariable control systems. Focusing on practical feedback control and not on system theory in general, this book provides the reader with insights into the opportunities and limitations of feedback control. Taking into account the latest developments in the field, this fully revised and updated second edition: * features a new chapter devoted to the use of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs); * presents current results on fundamental performance limitations introduced by RHP-poles and RHP-zeros; * introduces updated material on the selection of controlled variables and self-optimizing control; * provides simple IMC tuning rules for PID control; * covers additional material including unstable plants, the feedback amplifier, the lower gain margin and a clear strategy for incorporating integral action into LQG control; * includes numerous worked examples, exercises and case studies, which make frequent use of Matlab and the new Robust Control toolbox. Multivariable Feedback Control: Analysis and Design, Second Edition is an excellent resource for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses studying multivariable control. It is also an invaluable tool for engineers who want to understand multivariable control, its limitations, and how it can be applied in practice. The analysis techniques and the material on Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=39991 Scheduling is a broad research area and scheduling problems arise from several application domains (production systems, logistic, computer science, etc.). Solving scheduling problems requires tools of combinatorial optimization, exact or approximated algorithms. Flexibility is at the frontier between predictive deterministic approaches and reactive or ?on-line? approaches. The purpose of flexibility is to provide one or more solutions adapted to the context of the application in order to provide the ideal solution. This book focuses on the integration of flexibility and robustness considerations in the study of scheduling problems. After considering both flexibility and robustness, it then covers various scheduling problems, treated with an emphasis on flexibility or robustness, or both. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=39703 While many books cover the theory of optimal design, few help readers to actually apply it. this volume is one of the first to aid readers in utilizing the theory of optimal control to solve practical problems in the face of uncertainty. Bryson covers random inputs and random errors in measurement, uncertainty in inputs from the environment, and uncertainty in the parameters of the dynamic model. He also addresses static and dynamic estimation, random processes, several types of controllers, smoothers, and filters. Pedagogic features include hundreds of problems and worked examples, a CD-ROM supplement containing MATLAB codes of the OPTEST toolbox, and code for the examples, figures, and many of the problems. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=38759 Intelligent control is a rapidly developing, complex, and challenging field of increasing practical importance and still greater potential. Its applications have a solid core in robotics and mechatronics but branch out into areas as diverse as process control, automotive industry, medical equipment, renewable energy and air conditioning. Intelligent Control with LabVIEW™ is a fresh and pragmatic approach to the understanding of a subject often clouded by too much mathematical theory. It exploits the full suite of tools provided by LabVIEW™, showing the student how to design, develop, analyze, and visualize intelligent control algorithms quickly and simply. Block diagrams are used to follow the progress of an algorithm through the design process and allow seamless integration with hardware systems for rapid deployment in laboratory experiments. This text delivers a thorough grounding in the main tools of intelligent control: • fuzzy logic systems, emulating human reasoning processes; • artificial neural networks, mimicking our ability to learn; • neuro-fuzzy systems for implementing controller adaptation; • evolutionary methods, using the ideas of genetic evolution for optimization; and • predictive methods, giving information about a system’s future behavior. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=38702 This carefully edited monograph presents the state of the art of theory and applications in fluid flow control. It collects contributions by leading experts in the field of fluid flow control interesting for engineers, physicists, or mathematicians in control and fluid dynamics. "Control of Fluid Flow" covers a wide range of recent topics including vortex based control algorithms, incompressible turbulent boundary layers, aerodynamic flow control, control of mixing and reactive flow processes or nonlinear modeling and control of combustion dynamics. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=38241 Focusing on the important control problems in state-of-the-art robotics and automation, this volume features invited papers from a workshop held at CDC, San Diego, California. As well as looking at current problems, it aims to identify and discuss challenging issues that are yet to be solved but which will be vital to future research directions. The many topics covered include: automatic control, distributed multi-agent control, multirobots, dexterous hands, flexible manipulators, walking robots, free-floating systems, nonholonomic robots, sensor fusion, fuzzy control, virtual reality, visual servoing, and task synchronization. Control Problems in Robotics and Automation will be of interest to all researchers, scientists and graduate students who wish to broaden their knowledge in robotics and automation and prepare themselves to address and resolve the control problems that will be faced in this field as we enter the twenty-first century. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=37874 This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the subject of control engineering. Both continuous- and discrete-time control systems are treated, although the emphasis is on continuous-time systems. A chapter each is devoted to in-depth analysis of non-linear control systems, control system components, and optimal control theory. The book also introduces students to the modern concepts of neural fuzzy and adaptive learning systems. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=37699 This book should be of interest to intermediate and advanced undergraduate mechanical engineering students; accoustical and noise-control consultants, practising engineers, architects and all other professionals concerned with noise abatement and control. Summary: Advanced but thorough - a bible for the experienced acoustician Rating: 4 I have spent a number of years in the acoustics field and this book is the bible of industrial acoustics. Having said that, this is not the "easiest" book to read and understand. It is aimed for those pursuing advanced studies in acoustics and acoustic control, with the assumption the reader has a thorough understanding of the fundamentals of math and physics. The first few chapters in the book do give a brief introduction to sound (from a physics standpoint) and calculating sound levels for various sources. Anyone familiar with this information will recognize the information has not been significantly altered from Beranek's texts. Some information is given for current health and safety legislation but this is rather specific to the US. The initial chapters will not be adequate for someone new to the field of acoustics. The "meat" of the book gives substantial treatment to noise control methods, noise in rooms, design of abatement equipment (both indoor and outdoor), industrial applications etc. however again the primary approach is from a mathematical/physics development. This does not mean one cannot immediately use the Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=37419 Appropriate for first-year graduate courses in Multivariable Control and as a reference for practicing control engineers. Based upon the popular Robust and Optimal Control by Zhou, et al. (PH, 1996), this book offers a streamlined approach to robust control that reflects the most recent topics and developments in the field. Includes end-of-chapter problems. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=37371 "The book ‘Linear Systems Control, Deterministic and Stochastic Methods’ by Hendricks, Jannerup and Sorensen is a very nice presentation of the basics … of the control theory for linear systems. The great advantage of this book is … almost every presented problems are acompanied by practical application based solutions. ... The book is written … clearly, and is easy to read. This can be used even by undergraduate students, but also graduate ones, engineers and every persons who study ... control, systems and related areas." (Krzysztof Galkowski, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1149, 2008) Product Description Modern control theory and in particular state space or state variable methods can be adapted to the description of many different systems because it depends strongly on physical modeling and physical intuition. The laws of physics are in the form of differential equations and for this reason, this book concentrates on system descriptions in this form. This means coupled systems of linear or nonlinear differential equations. The physical approach is emphasized in this book because it is most natural for complex systems. It also makes what would ordinarily be a difficult mathematical subject into one which can straightforwardly be understood intuitively and which deals with concepts which engineering and science students are already familiar. In this way it is easy to immediately apply the theory to the understanding and control of ordinary systems. Application engineers, worki Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=36857 Mathematical control theory has evolved from the study of practical problems in engineering and sciences to the elaboration of deep, important concepts in mathematics and applied sciences. This volume concerns contemporary trends in nonlinear geometriccontrol theory and its applications. It is a fine collection of papers presenting new results, relevant open problems, and important applications regarding academic and real-world problems. The book is dedicated to Velimir Jurdjevic whose scientific activity has been influential in the research of many of the authors. It contains a number of articles specially written by colleagues and friends of Vel Jurdjevic, all of them leading applied mathematicians and control theorists. There is also place for surveys on topics of current research which present the state of the art of modern geometric control theory. Finally, the volume contains several new mathematical ideas generated by geometric control theory techniques, which may initiate new directions of research beyond control theory. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=36856 This work shows clearly how the study of concrete control systems has motivated the development of the mathematical tools needed for solving such problems. In many cases, by using this apparatus, far-reaching generalizations have been made, and its further development will have an important effect on many fields of mathematics. In the book, a way is demonstrated in which the study of the Watt flyball governor has given rise to the theory of stability of motion. The criteria of controllability, observability, and stabilization are stated. Analysis is made of dynamical systems, which describe an autopilot, spacecraft orientation system, controllers of a synchronous electric machine, and phase-locked loops. The Aizerman and Brockett problems are discussed and an introduction to the theory of discrete control systems is given. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=36831 Linear Optimal Control of Bilinear Systems: With Applications to Singular Perturbations and Weak Coupling (Lecture Notes in Control andInformation Sciences) Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=36146 The advantages of periodic control have been known since humanity learned to cultivate crops in rotation to increase production. In more recent times, it has been recognized that some industrial and technological systems also work or function better in a periodic fashion. Moreover, with periodic control laws it has been possible to solve problems for which no time-invariant solution exists. Periodic models are also able to describe the intrinsic periodicity in many natural phenomena and time series. Periodic Systems gives a comprehensive treatment of the theory of time-varying dynamical systems with periodic coefficients, including the problems of filtering and control. Topics covered include: • basic issues, including Floquet theory, controllability and observability, canonical decomposition, system norms and Lyapunov and robust stability; • the problem of state estimation in its various forms, filtering, prediction and smoothing; • control design methods, particularly optimal and robust control. The text focuses on discrete-time signals and systems; however, an overview of the entire field, including the continuous-time case, is provided in the first chapter. The authors’ presentation of the theory and results is mathematically rigorous while maintaining a readable style, avoiding excessive formalism. This makes the book accessible to graduate students and researchers from the fields of engineering, physics, economics and mathematics. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35770 Design of Compensators for Discrete Models with MATLAB Using CONTROL TOOLBOX Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35735 The contributions to the book concern various aspects of extension of classical continuum models. These extensions are related to the appearance of microstructures both natural as well as these created by processes. To the first class belong various thermodynamic models of multicomponent systems such as porous materials, composites, materials with microscopic heterogeneities. To the second class belong primarily microstructures created by phase transformations. Invited authors cover both fields of thermodynamic modeling and mathematical analysis of such continua with microstructure. In particular the following subjects are covered: thermodynamic modeling of saturated and unsaturated porous and granular media, linear and nonlinear waves in such materials, extensions of constitutive laws by internal variables, higher gradients and nonequilibrium fields, stochastic processes in porous and fractal materials, thermodynamic modeling of composite materials, mathematical analysis of multicomponent systems, phase transformations in solids. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35665 The twenty-three papers in this volume are carefully selected, reviewed and revised for this volume, and are divided into two parts: Part 1: "On-line Control" with subchapters 1.1 "Control Charts" and 1.2 "Surveillance Sampling and Sampling Plans" and Part 2:"Off-line Control". Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35657 High-level collection of papers under the theme Nonlinear Control in the Year 2000, featuring 88 figures and numerous equations. The second in a series under this theme, reporting recent developments in the area. Softcover. DLC: Nonlinear control theory. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35580 This book incorporates data rate issues that arise in control design for systems involving communication networks. The general setup is that, given a plant, a communication channel with limited data rate and control objectives, one must find a controller that uses the channel in the feedback loop to achieve the control objectives. The theoretical question of interest is to find the minimum data rate necessary for the channel. This book is motivated by the recent developments in communication technology and aims at engineers and scientists in this field. The use of networks has become common practice in many control applications connecting sensors/actuators to controllers. The book therefore provides the fundamentals of the networks used in control systems, based on hybrid systems theory. The book focuses on the use of networks in distributed systems and on quantization in messages sent over networks. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35565 Apply NASA SoS Innovations to Your Own Work From aeronautics and manufacturing to healthcare and disaster management, systems engineering (SE) now focuses on designing applications that ensure performance optimization, robustness, and reliability while combining an emerging group of heterogeneous systems to realize a common goal. Use SoS to Revolutionize Management of Large Organizations, Factories, and Systems Intelligent Control Systems with an Introduction to System of Systems Engineering integrates the fundamentals of artificial intelligence and systems control in a framework applicable to both simple dynamic systems and large-scale system of systems (SoS). For decades, NASA has used SoS methods, and major manufacturers—including Boeing, Lockheed-Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Raytheon, BAE Systems—now make large-scale systems integration and SoS a key part of their business strategies, dedicating entire business units to this remarkably efficient approach. Simulate Novel Robotic Systems and Applications Transcending theory, this book offers a complete and practical review of SoS and some of its fascinating applications, including: Manipulation of robots through neural-based network control Use of robotic swarms, based on ant colonies, to detect mines Other novel systems in which intelligent robots, trained animals, and humans cooperate to achieve humanitarian objectives Training engineers to integrate traditional systems control theory with soft c Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35482 From the preface: Adaptive control has been a remarkable field for industrial and academic research since 1950s. Since more and more adaptive algorithms are applied in various control applications, it is considered as important for practical implementation. As it can be confirmed from the increasing number of conferences and journals on adaptive control topics, it is certain that the adaptive control is a significant guidance for technology development. Also adaptive control has been believed as a breakthrough for realization of intelligent control systems. Even with the parametric and model uncertainties, adaptive control enables the control system to monitor the time varying changes and manipulate the controller for desired performance. Therefore adaptive control has been considered to be essential for time varying multivariable systems. Moreover, now with the advent of high-speed microproces- sors, it is possible to implement the innovative adaptive algorithms even in real time situa- tion. With the efforts of many control researchers, the adaptive control field is abundant in mathematical analysis, programming tools, and implementational algorithms. The authors of each chapter in this book are the professionals in their areas. The results in the book introduce their recent research results and provide new idea for improved performance in various control application problems. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35400 The objective of this book is to give, in a concise and unified fashion, the major results, techniques of analysis and new directions of research in adaptive systems. Such a treatment is particularly timely, given the rapid advances in microprocessor and multi-processor technology which make it possible to implement the fairly complicated nonlinear and time varying control laws associated with adaptive control. Indeed, limitations to future growth can hardly be expected to be computational, but rather from a lack of a fundamental understanding of the methodologies for the design, evaluation and testing of the algorithms. The objective has been to give a clear, conceptual presentation of adaptive methods, to enable a critical evaluation of these techniques and suggest avenues of further development. Adaptive control has been the subject of active research for over three decades now (ed note: this book was published in 1994). There have been many theoretical successes, including the development of rigorous proofs of stability and an understanding of the dynamical properties of adaptive schemes. Several successful applications have been reported and the last ten years have seen an impressive growth in the availability of commercial adaptive controllers. This book presents the deterministic theory of identification and adaptive control. For the most part the focus is on linear, continuous time, single-input single-output systems. The presentation includes the algorithms, Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=35239 Demystifies FACTS controllers, offering solutions to power control and power flow problems Flexible alternating current transmission systems (FACTS) controllers represent one of the most important technological advances in recent years, both enhancing controllability and increasing power transfer capacity of electric power transmission networks. This timely publication serves as an applications manual, offering readers clear instructions on how to model, design, build, evaluate, and install FACTS controllers. Authors Kalyan Sen and Mey Ling Sen share their two decades of experience in FACTS controller research and implementation, including their own pioneering FACTS design breakthroughs. Readers gain a solid foundation in all aspects of FACTS controllers, including: •Basic underlying theories •Step-by-step evolution of FACTS controller development •Guidelines for selecting the right FACTS controller •Sample computer simulations in EMTP programming language •Key differences in modeling such FACTS controllers as the voltage regulating transformer, phase angle regulator, and unified power flow controller •Modeling techniques and control implementations for the three basic VSC-based FACTS controllers—STATCOM, SSSC, and UPFC In addition, the book describes a new type of FACTS controller, the Sen Transformer, which is based on technology developed by the authors. An appendix presents all the sample models that are discussed in the book, and the accompanyi Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34726 his volume deals with continuous time dynamic neural networks theory applied to the solution of basic problems in robust control theory, including identification, state space estimation (based on neuro-observers) and trajectory tracking. The plants to be identified and controlled are assumed to be a priori unknown but belonging to a given class containing internal unmodelled dynamics and external perturbations as well. The error stability analysis and the corresponding error bounds for different problems are presented. The effectiveness of the suggested approach is illustrated by its application to various controlled physical systems (robotic, chaotic, chemical). Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=34663 Many practical control problems are dominated by characteristics such as state, input and operational constraints, switches between different operating regimes, and the interaction of continuous-time and discrete event systems. At present no methodology is available to design controllers for such systems in a systematic manner. This book introduces a new design theory for controllers for such constrained and switching dynamical systems and leads to algorithms which systematically solve control synthesis problems. The first part of the book is a self-contained introduction to multiparametric programming, which is the main technique used to study and compute state feedback optimal control laws. The main objective is to derive properties of the state feedback solution, as well as to obtain algorithms to compute it efficiently. The focus is on constrained linear systems and constrained linear hybrid systems. The applicability of the theory is demonstrated through two experimental case studies: a mechanical laboratory process and a traction control system developed jointly with the Ford Motor Company in Michigan. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=33995 Variable structure systems (or sliding mode control systems) are nonlinear automatic control systems whose structures are deliberately allowed to change, so that robust performance is obtained. This allows the design of high performance control systems that can be reliably and easily implemented at low cost. This book is unique in that it aims to fulfill the definite need for an accessible book on variable structure systems and also provides the very latest results in research on this topic. Divided into three parts - basics of sliding mode control, new trends in sliding mode control, and applications of sliding mode control - the book contains many numerical design examples, so that readers can quickly understand the design methodologies and their applications to practical problems. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=33744 This book presents a computational approach to the analysis of nonlinear and uncertain systems. The main focus is systems with piecewise linear dynamics. The class of piecewise linear systems examined has nonlinear, possibly discontinuous dynamics, and allows switching rules that incorporate memory and logic. These systems may exhibit astonishingly complex behaviors. Some aspects of the successful theory of linear systems and quadratic criteria are extended here to piecewise linear systems and piecewise quadratic criteria. The book also describes numerical procedures for assessing stability, computing induced gains, and solving optimal control problems for piecewise linear systems. These developments enable researchers to analyze a large and practically important class of control systems that are not easily dealt with when using other techniques. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=33720 This long-awaited revised second edition of the standard reference on the subject has been considerably expanded to include such recent developments as novel control schemes, control of chaotic space-time patterns, control of noisy nonlinear systems, and communication with chaos, as well as promising new directions in research. The contributions from leading international scientists active in the field provide a comprehensive overview of our current level of knowledge on chaos control and its applications in physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, and engineering. In addition, they show the overlap with the traditional field of control theory in the engineering community. An interdisciplinary approach of interest to scientists and engineers working in a number of areas. Summary: Controlling a Chaotic System Rating: 4 A few years ago, researchers studying chaos came to a realisation that it might be possible to apply some elements of control systems onto it, taking advantage of the intrinsic chaotic nature to minimise the amount of energy input needed. In essence, researchers were trying to take the paradigm of a butterfly flapping its wings and affecting a cyclone an ocean away, and use it. The book seems to have a well chosen summary of such research intents, applied across various fields. Progress has been good; though currently no headline grabbers. While it does provide a quick introduction to chaos theory at the start of the book, you might need prior acqu Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=33566 Motion and vibration control is a fundamental technology for the development of advanced mechanical systems such as mechatronics, vehicle systems, robots, spacecraft, and rotating machinery. Often the implementation of high performance, low power consumption designs is only possible with the use of this technology. It is also vital to the mitigation of natural hazards for large structures such as high-rise buildings and tall bridges, and to the application of flexible structures such as space stations and satellites. Recent innovations in relevant hardware, sensors, actuators, and software have facilitated new research in this area. This book deals with the interdisciplinary aspects of emerging technologies of motion and vibration control for mechanical, civil and aerospace systems. It covers a broad range of applications (e.g. vehicle dynamics, actuators, rotor dynamics, biologically inspired mechanics, humanoid robot dynamics and control, etc.) and also provides advances in the field of fundamental research e.g. control of fluid/structure integration, nonlinear control theory, etc. Each of the contributors is a recognised specialist in his field, and this gives the book relevance and authority in a wide range of areas. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=33505 The presence of non-linearities, such as stiction and deadband, places limits on the performance of control valves. Indeed, in the process industries, stiction is the most common valve problem, and over the last decade numerous different techniques for overcoming it have been proposed. Detection and Diagnosis of Stiction in Control Loops represents a comprehensive presentation of these methods, including their principles, assumptions, strengths and drawbacks. Guidelines and working procedures are provided for the implementation of each method and MATLAB®-based software can be downloaded from www.ualberta.ca/~bhuang/stiction-book enabling readers to apply the methods to their own data. Methods for the limitation of stiction effects are proposed within the general context of: oscillation detection in control loops, stiction detection diagnosis; , stiction quantification and diagnosis of multiple faults. The state-of-the-art algorithms presented in this book are demonstrated and compared in industrial case studies of diverse origin – chemicals, building, mining, pulp and paper, mineral and metal processing. Industry-based engineers will find the book to be valuable guidance in increasing the performance of their control loops while academic researchers and graduate students interested in control performance and fault detection will discover a wealth of static-friction-related research and useful algorithms Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=33338 Designed for a short course on control systems or as a review for the professional engineer, this book provides a lucid introduction tomodern control systems topics. The five chapters, State-Variable Analysis of Continuous-Time Systems, Analysis of Discrete-Time Systems, Stability Analysis of Non-Linear Systems, Optimal Control, and Adaptive Control have been written to emphasize concepts and provide the basic mathematical derivations. Complete coverage of standard topics, e.g., eigenvalues, eigenvectors, the z-transform, Lyapunov s Method, controllability, observability, etc. are discussed. Numerous examples and exercises have also been included in the book for self-study. A CD-ROM with MATLAB applications and third-party simulations provides practical design techniques and observations of real control systems. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=33335 Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) offer an incomparable means of gathering intelligence and carrying out missions without needing an onboard human pilot. The benefits are considerable in terms of cost, efficiency, and reduced pilot risk. In order to complete a mission efficiently and with a high level of safety and security, the following key design points must be met: • the flight control system must be robust against the aircraft’s model uncertainties and external disturbances; • an efficient fault detection and isolation (FDI) system should be capable of monitoring the health of the aircraft; and • the flight control and guidance system should be reconfigurable depending on actuator fault occurrence or aircraft damage, and should be able to avoid obstacles. Fault-tolerant Flight Control and Guidance Systems addresses all of these aspects with a practical approach following three main requirements: being applicable in real-time; highly computationally efficient; and modular. The text provides: • an overview of fault-tolerant flight control techniques; • the necessary equations for the modeling of small UAVs; • a complete nonlinear FDI system based on extended Kalman filters; and • a nonlinear flight control and guidance system. The book is written in a didactic style with many figures and diagrams making it suitable not only for academic researchers and practicing engineers but also graduate students working in the fields of fault detection tec Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=33329 Includes insights on valve sizing, smart (digital) valve positioners, field-based architecture, network system technology, and control loop performance evaluation. The author, a holder of more than 150 patents and author of over a hundred publications in control valve technology, shares his expertise on designing control loops and selecting final control elements. The easy-to-read text provides shortcuts through complex sizing and noise calculation formulas, including for liquids and cavitation, and gives practical advice on how to apply control valves for safety, reduced energy costs, loop stability, and easy maintenance. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=33327 In this book, leading researchers present their current work in the challenging area of chaos control in nonlinear circuits and systems, with emphasis on practical methodologies, system design techniques and applications. A combination of overview, tutorial and technical articles, the book describes state-of-the-art research on significant problems in this area. The scope and aim of this book are to bridge the gap between chaos control methods and circuits and systems. It is an ideal starting point for anyone who needs a fundamental understanding of controlling chaos in nonlinear circuits and systems. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=33312 This book represents the work of top scientists in the field of intelligent control and its applications, prognostics, diagnostics, condition based maintenance and unmanned systems. The work presents an approach to solving engineering problems related to manufacturing, automation, and especially unmanned systems and describes recent advances in the disciplines mentioned above. The main goal of the book is to demonstrate how concepts and ideas from diverse disciplines are merged within a common framework applied to the solution of complex problems. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=33237 Fault-tolerant Control Systems reports the development of fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant control (FTC) methods with their application to real plants. After an introduction to fault diagnosis and FTC, a chapter on actuators and sensors in systems with varying degrees of nonlinearity leads to three chapters in which the design of FTC systems is given thorough coverage for real applications: • a winding machine typifying a subsystem in various sheet and film processes; • a hydraulic three-tank system representative of those used widely in chemical plants; and • an active suspension system demonstrating application in whole large-scale systems by splitting into subsystems. Actuator and sensor faults are accommodated within the control-law design and the integration of fault diagnosis models in the FTC systems described. Commentary is given on the recent results presented. Critical failures – the loss of system observability from total loss of a sensor and of controllability from complete loss of an actuator – are considered. Linearized systems around an operating point and nonlinear systems are discussed and illustrated. A complete simulation platform of the three-tank system, in closed-loop, with or without actuator and sensor faults, is provided for the use of the reader via download from www.springer.com/978-1-84882-652-6. With its emphasis on real application, Fault-tolerant Control Systems makes an important contribution to the literature on FTC and will b Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=31665 Advanced Motion Control and Sensing for Intelligent Vehicles provides the latest information in intelligent vehicle control, sensing, and intelligent transportation. It addresses the growing need for safe, comfortable, time and energy-efficient modes of transportation with emphasis on the latest key findings, current trends, and likely future developments in this rapidly expanding field. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=31603 1. Advanced Control Engineering 2. Analog.and.Digital.Circuits.for.Electronic.Control.System.Applications. 3. Analog And Digital Control System Design 4. Automated Continuous Process Control Smith C.A. (Wiley,2002)(ISBN 0471215783)(227s) 5. Automotive Computer Controlled Systems Diagnostic Tools And Techniques 6. Control Engineering - A Guide For Beginners 7. CRC Press - Intelligent Control Systems Using Soft Computing Methodologies 8. Feedbackcontroltheory.djvu 9. Fundamental Limitations In Filtering And Control 10. Fuzzy Control Systems - Design and Analysis 11. High Performance Control 12. Industrial Control 13. Linear Control System Analysis and Design Fifth Edition 14. Linear Optimal Control 15. Modern Control Engeneering, 3rd ed].[Ogata][Prentice Hall].djvu 16. Multivariable.Control.Systems.An.Engineering.Approach.Springer.eBook-TLFeBOOK 17. Neural Systems For Control 18. Newnes Industrial Control Wiring Guide 19. Observers in Control Systems 20. Optimal Control Linear Quadratic Methods 21. Optimal Sampled Data Control Systems 22. Practical Approach to Signals Systems and Control 23. Sliding Mode Control in Engineering Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=31427 This newly revised best-seller teaches the practice of process control for the wet process industries. It stresses the study of real, imperfect processes rather than system theory and gives guidance on how engineers can best apply their own experience, intuition, and knowledge of the particular process. The text summarizes the general characteristics of processes and control loops and discusses feedback control and its nuances. The latter part of the book addresses advanced control techniques. New topics covered in the book include tuning feedback control loops, multiplicative feedforward control, other control techniques (e.g., split-range control, cross-limiting control, floating control, techniques for increasing effective valve rangeability, and time proportioning control), and more. The reader will learn the bottom-line benefits of these advanced strategies. Examples from the commercial world are given. Suitable for beginning or experienced process control engineers. From the Inside Flap This newly revised best-seller teaches the practice of process control for the wet process industries. It stresses the study of real, imperfect processes rather than system theory and gives guidance on how engineers can best apply their own experience, intuition, and knowledge of the particular process. The text summarizes the general characteristics of processes and control loops and discusses feedback control and its nuances. The latter part of the book addresses advanced control Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=31380 This textbook covers the basics of hydraulic control technology. Practical exercises with model solutions are used to explain the most important basic hydraulic circuits. Numerous illustrations help the reader to understand the descriptions. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=31305 'Whether used as a text book by inexperienced engineers, or as a quick reference book for the experienced engineer - this book looks set to continue to be the main reference for the instrument engineer for the next decade - and at a realistic price which is better value today.' Control and Instrumentation -- Review ...information provided from some 100 leading industry co-authors had been comprehensively updated to match new technology developments. The first volume focuses on measurement hardware, including flow, level, pressure, density, viscosity, weighing, analysis and safety devices. The second volume deals with process control, and covers transmitters, controllers, control valves, displays, DCSs, PLCs and computer based systems. The text aims to select the right instruments for a particular application. An orientation table is provided to help narrow the selection process, which can be followed up with analysis of cost, accuracy and other features to the application. Whether used as a textbook by inexperienced engineers, or as a quick reference for the experienced engineer - this book looks set to continue to be the main reference for the instrument engineer for the next decade - and at a realistic price which is better value today.(Control and Instrumentation (London). By Alan Reeve) Index -- Control and Instrumentation, London. By Alan Reeve A concise rundown of the various instrument types covered in the section, pointing out the relative advantages and disadvant Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=31282 For both undergraduate and graduate courses in Control System Design. Using a "how to do it" approach with a strong emphasis on real-world design, this text provides comprehensive, single-source coverage of the full spectrum of control system design. Each of the text’s 8 parts covers an area in control-ranging from signals and systems (Bode Diagrams, Root Locus, etc.), to SISO control (including PID and Fundamental Design Trade-Offs) and MIMO systems (including Constraints, MPC, Decoupling, etc.). Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=30971 This fully updated, comprehensive reference will guide you step-by-step in applying the principles of energy engineering and management to the design of electrical, HVAC, utility, process and building systems for both new and retrofit projects. You will learn how to do an energy analysis of any system. Detailed presentations cover electrical system optimization, state-of-the-art lighting and lighting controls, thermal storage, cogeneration, HVAC system optimization, HVAC and building controls, and computer technologies. The fifth edition includes a new chapter covering codes, standards and legislation, as well as a new chapter on compressed air systems. You'll also find coverage on use of innovative third party financing mechanisms such as performance contracting to implement energy cost reduction measures. The text is thoroughly illustrated with tables, graphs, diagrams and sample problems with worked-out solutions. From the Back Cover Use the definitive energy engineering reference to apply the principles of energy engineering to all types of design and retrofit projects. HANDBOOK OF ENERGY ENGINEERING, FIFTH EDITION By Albert Thumann, P.E., C.E.M. and D. Paul Mehta, Ph.D. This fully updated, comprehensive reference will guide you step by step in applying the principles of energy engineering and management to the design of electrical, HVAC, utility, process, and building systems for both new design and retrofit projects. You will learn how to do an energy analysis Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=30970 This book has been well-structured in that it is much more than just a collection of papers in this area. Gives a good summary of the state-of-the-art in the integration of design and control and would be a useful reference for pratitioners who are either interested in process control or in designing processes that are easier to control" Professor Nilay Shah, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH AND DESIGN, September 2005 Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=30941 Automatic Control Systems provides engineers with a fresh new controls book that places special emphasis on mechatronics. It follows a revolutionary approach by actually including a physical lab. In addition, readers will find authoritative coverage of modern design tools and examples. Current mechatronics applications build motivation to learn the material. Extensive use of virtual lab software is also integrated throughout the chapters. Engineers will gain a strong understand of control systems with the help of modern examples and exercises. From the Publisher This best-selling, classic introduction to automatic control systems has been updated to reflect the increasing use of computer-aided learning and design, and revised to feature a more accessible approach -- without sacrificing depth. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=30906 It's a good book for getting you used to the different ways to improve your car's performance. I started reading it as a complete novice and now know all the important parts of my engine that relate to horse power. It's as in-depth as it could be I'd say, as a lot of the hardware changes from car to car so there would be no point in focusing on certain models. They try to give some examples and let you know how it would change for other models. If nothing else, you'll know what performance freaks are talking about when they mention induction, manifolds, cat-backs, turbos, supers and NOS. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=30865 The content of the book is a continuation of the previous book that was published in Poland in 2001, co-author Professor Andrzej Flaga. It refers to regulation of voltages and deformations in combined structures (in constructions with cables or guy ropes) and is provided with our copyright. The spring was used as the sensor of deformation and the beam (cantilever and double-support) in combined construction was reviewed. Now in this book, framed and spatial combined structures with application electromechanical and fiber-optic sensors are considered. The control behavior of constructions at all phases of their life cycle and prior preventive alarm without participation of the person is an actual problem as well as the considerable achievement of technical development and new technologies. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=30864 Control of Complex Systems: Structural Constraints and Uncertainty" focuses on control design under information structure constraints, with a particular emphasis on large-scale systems. The complexity of such systems poses serious computational challenges and severely restricts the types of feedback laws that can be used in practice. This book systematically addresses the main issues, and provides a number of applications that illustrate potential design methods, most which use Linear Matrix Inequalities (LMIs), which have become a popular design tool over the past two decades. Authors Aleksandar I. Zecevic and Dragoslav D. Siljak use their years of experience. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=30848 Since antiquity, humanity has used engineering techniques to manage the transport and distribution of its most important resource – fresh water. Population growth and climate change are making the good management of water resources ever more essential and this book focuses on advanced methods for the control of water flow in open-channel systems. Open-channel hydraulics are described by hyperbolic equations, derived from laws of conservation of mass and momentum, called Saint-Venant equations. In conjunction with hydraulic structure equations these are used to represent the dynamic behavior of water flowing in rivers, irrigation canals, transportation waterways and sewers. A lot of water is wasted because of poor management of such systems and automatic control has long been identified as a possible way to improve their operational management. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=30823 This book deals with the main control aspects in underwater manipulation tasks. The mathematical model with significant impact on the control strategy is discussed. The problem of controlling a 6-degrees-of-freedoms autonomous underwater vehicle is deeply investigated and a survey of fault detection/tolerant strategies for unmanned underwater vehicles is provided; experimental results obtained with the vehicle ODIN are presented. The presence of a manipulator is further studied in the aspects of kinematic, dynamic and interaction control. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=30822 As energy resources, particularly fossil fuels, become strained, nuclear energy (despite its known shortcomings) must be considered as an alternative. This book presents an objective view of nuclear energy as an important source for future energy needs. It discusses various types of reactors, the nuclear fuel cycle, the problem of nuclear waste disposal, reactor accidents, safety and new types of reactors that are being considered, and the cost of electricity from nuclear power. Additional themes include the problem of nuclear weapons, their storage, and, very important, their disposal as nuclear arsenals are pared down. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=30813 Nonlinear and Adaptive Control with Applications provides a detailed treatment of the design of robust adaptive controllers for nonlinear systems with uncertainties. The authors employ a new tool based on the ideas of system immersion and manifold invariance. Departing, in part, from the Lyapunov-function approach of classical control, new algorithms are delivered for the construction of robust asymptotically-stabilising and adaptive control laws for nonlinear systems. The methods proposed lead to modular schemes. These algorithms cater for nonlinear systems with both parametric and dynamic uncertainties. This innovative strategy is illustrated with several examples and case studies from real applications. Power converters, electrical machines, mechanical systems, autonomous aircraft and computer vision are among the practical systems dealt with. Researchers working on adaptive and nonlinear control theory or on control applications will find this monograph of conspicuous interest while graduate students in control systems and control engineers working with electrical, mechanical or electromechanical systems can also gain much insight and assistance from the methods and algorithms detailed. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=30441 This book is written is such a way that the level of mathematical sophistication builds up from chapter to chapter. It has been reorganized into four parts: basic analysis, analysis of feedback systems, advanced analysis, and nonlinear feedback control. Updated content includes subjects which have proven useful in nonlinear control design in recent years—new in the 3rd edition are: expanded treatment of passivity and passivity-based control; integral control, high-gain feedback, recursive methods, optimal stabilizing control, control Lyapunov functions, and observers. For use as a self-study or reference guide by engineers and applied mathematicians. From the Publisher This best-selling book adopts an intuitive, yet rigorous approach, this text provides extensive coverage of nonlinear systems and control theory. Student-friendly language, an abundance of exceptionally detailed, worked examples, and progressively more sophisticated mathematics throughout make the text appropriate and accessible to a range of student interests and levels. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=30392 This text contains a very practical engineering orientation with many real-world industrial control examples and problems. Coverage includes plantwide control and the interactions between steady-state design and dynamic controllability. MATLAB is used as a computer-aided analysis tool. Additionally, many examples and an extensive selection of problems are included. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=30391 In recent years vector-controlled AC drives have taken over from more conventional DC drives. Applications are found everywhere including machine tools, robotics, electric traction, and computer peripherals. This book examines sensorless vector-controlled drives and direct torque controlled drives. It builds on the author's popular Vector Control of AC Drives and brings the subject fully up to date. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=29518 This book intends to provide the readers a good understanding on how to achieve Fault Tolerant Control goal of Hybrid Systems. The book can be used as a reference for the academic research on Fault Tolerant Control and Hybrid Systems or used in Ph.D. study of control theory and engineering. The knowledge background for this monograph would be some undergraduate and graduate courses on Fault Diagnosis and Fault Tolerant Control theory, linear system theory, nonlinear system theory, Hybrid Systems theory and Discrete Event System theory. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=29517 The vast majority of automatic controllers used to compensate industrial processes are PI or PID type. This book comprehensively compiles, using a unified notation, tuning rules for these controllers proposed from 1935 to 2008. The tuning rules are carefully categorized and application information about each rule is given. This book discusses controller architecture and process modeling issues, as well as the performance and robustness of loops compensated with PI or PID controllers. This unique publication brings together in an easy-to-use format material previously published in a large number of papers and books. This wholly revised third edition extends the presentation of PI and PID controller tuning rules, for single variable processes with time delays, to include additional rules compiled since the second edition was published in 2006. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=29386 understand while doing justice to the engineering side and giving many examples of real application. The Control Handbook is an ambitious and spectacularly successful effort to respond to this need. It is a most welcome addition to the literature in the field. - Hector J. Sussmann, Rutgers University …clearly sets a standard by bringing together a reference which will equally well serve the scholar, the practitioner, and the student in one volume. -IEEE Control Systems, December 1998 The Control Handbook is the AAP winner of best engineering handbook of 1996 --IEEI Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 45, No. 8 …there is a need for good books that explain the questions and results of control theory in a way that mathematicians can understand while doing justice to the engineering side and giving many examples of real application. The Control Handbook is an ambitious and spectacularly successful effort to respond to this need. It is a most welcome addition to the literature in the field. - Hector J. Sussmann, Rutgers University …clearly sets a standard by bringing together a reference which will equally well serve the scholar, the practitioner, and the student in one volume. -IEEE Control Systems, December 1998 The Control Handbook is the AAP winner of best engineering handbook of 1996 --IEEI Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 45, No. 8 Product Description This is the biggest, most comprehensive, and most prestigious compilation of articles on contro Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=29294 The Acceptance Test Engineering Guide will provide guidance for technology stakeholders (developers, development leads, testers, test leads, architects, etc.) and business stakeholders (managers, customers, end users, etc) on the discipline of acceptance testing. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=29292 Features a broad introduction to adaptive control techniques and background for their use, and a deeper coverage of adaptive control theory from deterministic and stochastic viewpoints. DLC: Adaptive control systems. From the Inside Flap Adaptive control is a fascinating field for study and research. It is also of increasing practical importance, since adaptive techniques are being used more and more in industrial control systems. However, there are still many unsolved theoretical and practical issues. Goal of the Book Our goal is to give an introduction and an overview of the theoretical and practical aspects of adaptive control. Since knowledge about adaptive techniques is widely scattered in the literature, it is difficult for a newcomer to get a good grasp of the field. In the book we introduce the basic ideas of adaptive control and compare different approaches. Practical aspects such as implementation and applications are presented in depth. These are very important for the understanding of the advantages and shortcomings of adaptive control. This book has evolved from many years of research and teaching in the field. After learning the material in the book a reader should have a good perspective of adaptive techniques, an active knowledge of the key approaches, and a good sense of when adaptive techniques can be used and when other methods are more appropriate. The New Edition Adaptive control is a dynamic field of research and industrial applications Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=28775 Networked control systems (NCS) consist of sensors, actuators and controllers the operations of which may be distributed over geographically disparate locations and co-ordinated by the exchange of information passed over a communication network. The communication network may be physically wired or not. The widespread applications of the Internet have been a major driving force for research and development of NCS. NCS have advantages in terms of cost reduction, system diagnosis and flexibility, minimizing wiring and making the addition and replacement of individual elements relatively simple; efficient data sharing makes taking globally intelligent control decisions easier with an NCS. The applications of NCS are very wide, from the large scale of factory automation and plant monitoring to the smaller but complicated networks of computers in modern cars, places and autonomous robots. Networked Control Systems presents the most recent results in stability and robustness analysis as well as new developments related to networked fuzzy and optimal control. Many of the chapters contain details of case-studies, experimental, simulation and/or other application-related work showing how the theories put forward can be implemented in real systems. The state-of-the art research reported in this volume by an international team of contributors will make Networked Control Systems an essential reference for researchers and postgraduate students in control, electrical, computer and Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=27662 Linear Control Theory: Structure, Robustness, and Optimization (Control Engineering) By Aniruddha Datta, Lee H. Keel, Shankar P. Bhattacharyya * Publisher: CRC * Number Of Pages: 924 * Publication Date: 2009-01-30 * ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0849340632 * ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780849340635 Product Description: Successfully classroom-tested at the graduate level, Linear Control Theory: Structure, Robustness, and Optimization covers three major areas of control engineering (PID control, robust control, and optimal control). It provides balanced coverage of elegant mathematical theory and useful engineering-oriented results. The first part of the book develops results relating to the design of PID and first-order controllers for continuous and discrete-time linear systems with possible delays. The second section deals with the robust stability and performance of systems under parametric and unstructured uncertainty. This section describes several elegant and sharp results, such as Kharitonov’s theorem and its extensions, the edge theorem, and the mapping theorem. Focusing on the optimal control of linear systems, the third part discusses the standard theories of the linear quadratic regulator, Hinfinity and l1 optimal control, and associated results. Written by recognized leaders in the field, this book explains how control theory can be applied to the design of real-world systems. It shows that the techniques of three term controllers, Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=27113 Linear systems theory plays a broad and fundamental role in electrical, mechanical, chemical and aerospace engineering, communications, and signal processing. A thorough introduction to systems theory with emphasis on control is presented in this self-contained textbook. The book examines the fundamental properties that govern the behavior of systems by developing their mathematical descriptions. Linear time-invariant, time-varying, continuous-time, and discrete-time systems are covered. Rigorous development of classic and contemporary topics in linear systems, as well as extensive coverage of stability and polynomial matrix/fractional representation, provide the necessary foundation for further study of systems and control. Linear Systems is written as a textbook for a challenging one-semester graduate course; a solutions manual is available to instructors upon adoption of the text. The book's flexible coverage and self-contained presentation also make it an excellent reference guide or self-study manual. ******* For a treatment of linear systems that focuses primarily on the time-invariant case using streamlined presentation of the material with less formal and more intuitive proofs, see the authors' companion book entitled A Linear Systems Primer. "There are three words that characterize this work: thoroughness, completeness and clarity. The authors are congratulated for taking the time to write an excellent linear systems textbook! :The authors have used thei Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=24992 Product Description: This comprehensive treatment of the analysis and design of continuous-time control systems provides a gradual development of control theory—and shows how to solve all computational problems with MATLAB. It avoids highly mathematical arguments, and features an abundance of examples and worked problems throughout the book. Chapter topics include the Laplace transform; mathematical modeling of mechanical systems, electrical systems, fluid systems, and thermal systems; transient and steady-state-response analyses, root-locus analysis and control systems design by the root-locus method; frequency-response analysis and control systems design by the frequency-response; two-degrees-of-freedom control; state space analysis of control systems and design of control systems in state space. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=23546 Summary: Great book on optimal control Rating: 5 This is a fantastic book on optimal control especially for readers who do not have to learn the math as they go. It covers a wide range of problems in a variety of disciplines and is an interesting book. The approach is relatively modern although a differential geometric approach is not utilized. For those wanting a pretty complete treatment of the basics of optimal control this will be a good supplement to the usual suspects or even a good stand alone text. Although the mathematical requirements are not very great, the reader who has them firmly in hand will be the most successful. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=23072 The robustness and simplicity of proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controllers has ensured their continued and widespread use in industry. New techniques have been developed to allow PID controllers to match the performance of more advanced controller designs where the advanced training and computing power necessary make such designs impractical. To the industrial engineer having to implement such new techniques, the academic work in the field has previously appeared fragmented and rather incoherent. This has resulted in a smaller uptake of novel PID-associated techniques in industry than is desirable. PID Controller Design aims to rectify this problem by presenting a co-ordinated overview of recent research by fulfilling the following criteria: Presents a coherent framework for recent PID controller research. Reviews and assesses some of the more recent PID tuning methods. Proposes novel PID control solutions for multivariable processes. Uses a common set of control design problems in the comparative assessments presented. Usefule to academics needing a clear idea of where the filed of PID control currently stands and to industry-based engineers wanting a better understanding of what is involved in the step to a new generation of PID controller. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=23041 Automated Continuous Process Control pulls together–in one compact and practical volume–the essentials for understanding, designing, and operating process control systems. This comprehensive guide covers the major elements of process control in a well-defined and ordered framework. Concepts are clearly presented, with minimal reliance on mathematical equations and strong emphasis on practical, real-life examples. Beginning with the very basics of process control, Automated Continuous Process Control builds upon each chapter to help the reader understand and efficiently practice industrial process control. This complete presentation includes: -A discussion of processes from a physical point of view -Feedback controllers and the workhorse in the industry–the PID controller -The concept and implementation of cascade control -Ratio, override (or constraint), and selective control -Block diagrams and stability -Feedforward control -Techniques to control processes with long dead times -Multivariable process control Applicable for electrical, industrial, chemical, or mechanical engineers, Automated Continuous Process Control offers proven process control guidance that can actually be used in day-to-day operations. The reader will also benefit from the companion CD-ROM, which contains processes that have been successfully used for many years to practice tuning feedback and cascade controllers, as well as designing feedforward controllers. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=22901 Geared toward the HVAC professional, Practical Controls: A Guide to Mechanical Systems provides a solid foundation and well-rounded understanding of the role of controls in mechanical systems design and installation. This book takes a concise look at HVAC controls and controls methods - including electrical, electronic, and microprocessor-based controls and control systems. Using "real world" examples, it explores how various mechanical systems installed in today's facilities are best controlled. The text is a practical resource to controls contracting, providing basic rules, equipment guidelines, rules of thumb, pros and cons, and do's and don'ts. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=21991 This significantly revised edition presents a broad introduction to Control Systems and balances new, modern methods with the more classical. It is an excellent text for use as a first course in Control Systems by undergraduate students in all branches of engineering and applied mathematics. The book contains: A comprehensive coverage of automatic control, integrating digital and computer control techniques and their implementations, the practical issues and problems in Control System design; the three-term PID controller, the most widely used controller in industry today; numerous in-chapter worked examples and end-of-chapter exercises. This second edition also includes an introductory guide to some more recent developments, namely fuzzy logic control and neural networks. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=20976 "Building Control Systems" provides the building services engineer with a comprehensive understanding of modern control systems and relevant information technology. This will ensure that the best form of control systems for the building is specified and that proper provision is made for its installation, commissioning, operation and maintenance. Beginning with an overview of the benefits of the modern building control system, the authors describe the different controls and their applications, and include advice on their set-up and tuning for stable operation. There are chapters on the practical design of control systems, how to work from the hardware components and their inclusion in networks, through to control strategies in Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems and whole buildings. The relationship between Building, Management Systems (BMS) and information technology systems is discussed, and the building procurement process and the importance of considering control requirements at an early stage in the design process * Provides a comprehensive overview of the control systems available * Outlines the practical design aspects of installing and maintaining building control systems * Helps you to choose the best form of control system for each individual building From the Publisher Beginning with an overview of the benefits of the modern building control system, the authors go on to describe the different controls and their applications, and i Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=20230 This revision of the best-selling book in digital controls is a significant update with the integration of MATLAB software and new coverage in several areas. FEATURES: *integrates the most widely used software tool in the controls field-MATLAB-throughout the book in both examples and problems *short MATLAB programs included in many examples throughout *MATLAB programs from examples are also available free of charge allowing the reader to experiment and learn to use MATLAB more quickly *motivates the reader with several running applications throughout the book. Simple physical systems are introduced in one chapter and then used again later to illuminate more advanced material. These applications include: control system of a satellite, antenna tracking and pointing systems, robotic control system, and a temperature control system *approximately 400 problems are included, all of which have been revised in the third edition. Roughly one fourth of the problems are entirely new! *a great number of examples are used throughout the book to further illuminate and reinforce the material.Over 130 worked examples are used in total *a brief review of the Fourier Transform is now included to aid in understanding the effects of sampling a signal-See sec 3. 5 *coverage of the root-locus design method is clarified and expanded in chapter 8 *improved descriptions of the Mason's gain formula See Appendix II *verification of results if presented as optional material. Verification of work is gene Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=19989 Control problems offer an industrially important application and a guide to understanding control systems for those working in Neural Networks. Neural Systems for Control represents the most up-to-date developments in the rapidly growing aplication area of neural networks and focuses on research in natural and artifical neural systems directly applicable to control or making use of modern control theory. The book covers such important new developments in control systems such as intelligent sensors in semiconductor wafer manufacturing; the relation between muscles and cerebral neurons in speech recognition; online compensation of reconfigurable control for spacecraft aircraft and other systems; applications to rolling mills, robotics and process control; the usage of past output data to identify nonlinear systems by neural networks; neural approximate optimal control; model-free nonlinear control; and neural control based on a regulation of physiological investigation/blood pressure control. All researchers and students dealing with control systems will find the fascinating Neural Systems for Control of immense interest and assistance. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=19292 Este libro pretendre aunar los campos del control y la electronica. A partir de un fundamento teorico del problema de control de sistemas y de la definicion de los conceptos sobre los que se basa la teoria de control, se disenan diversos controladores de tiempo continuo y de tiempo discreto. Finalmente, se describen diferentes metodos de realizacion electronica, donde se consideran desde las tecnicas analogicas clasicas hasta las estrategias basadas en plataformas digitales. Read more...
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]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=18021 Real-world applications - Integrates real - world analysis and design applications throughout the text. Examples include: the sun - seeker system, the liquid - level control, dc - motor control, and space - vehicle payload control. * Examples and problems - Includes an abundance of illustrative examples and problems. * Marginal notes throughout the text highlight important points. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=17985 This volume contains a well balanced combination of theoretical and experimental state-of-the-art results of Active Flow Control. It combines new developments in actuator technology, sensing, robust and optimal open- and closed-loop control and model reduction for control. Numerical and experimental applications are considered from aeronautics, turbo-machinery and combustors. The contributions to this book were presented at the conference Active Flow Control 2006, held September 27-29, 2006, at the Technische Universitat Berlin, Germany. The conference was organized by the Collaborative Research Center SFB 557 ‘Control of complex turbulent shear flows’, which is funded by the DFG (German Research Foundation). Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=16529 onlinear Control Systems and Power System Dynamics presents a comprehensive description of nonlinear control of electric power systems using nonlinear control theory, which is developed by the differential geometric approach and nonlinear robust control method. This book explains in detail the concepts, theorems and algorithms in nonlinear control theory, illustrated by step-by-step examples. In addition, all the mathematical formulation involved in deriving the nonlinear control laws of power systems are sufficiently presented. Considerations and cautions involved in applying nonlinear control theory to practical engineering control designs are discussed and special attention is given to the implementation of nonlinear control laws using microprocessors. Nonlinear Control Systems and Power System Dynamics serves as a text for advanced level courses and is an excellent reference for engineers and researchers who are interested in the application of modern nonlinear control theory to practical engineering control designs. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=16524 Rapid advances in communication technology have created the possibility of large-scale control systems with distribution of control tasks among several processors via communication channels. Such control systems may be distributed over large distances and may use large numbers of actuators and sensors. The possibility of such networked control systems has motivated the development of a new chapter in control theory in which control and communication issues are integrated, and all the limitations of communication channels are considered. Although there is an emerging literature on this topic, this is the first book that attempts to present a systematic theory of estimation and control over communication networks. Using several selected problems of estimation and control over communication networks, the authors present and prove a number of results concerning optimality, stability, and robustness having practical significance for networked control system design. In particular, various problems of Kalman filtering, stabilization, and optimal control over communication channels are considered and solved. The results establish fundamental links among mathematical control theory, Shannon information theory, and entropy theory of dynamical systems. Key features and topics of the work: * Offers accessible but precise development of important mathematical models and results * Covers estimation and stabilization of both linear and nonlinear systems * Addresses limited ca Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=16222 Probabilistic graphical models and decision graphs are powerful modeling tools for reasoning and decision making under uncertainty. As modeling languages they allow a natural specification of problem domains with inherent uncertainty, and from a computational perspective they support efficient algorithms for automatic construction and query answering. This includes belief updating, finding the most probable explanation for the observed evidence, detecting conflicts in the evidence entered into the network, determining optimal strategies, analyzing for relevance, and performing sensitivity analysis. The book introduces probabilistic graphical models and decision graphs, including Bayesian networks and influence diagrams. The reader is introduced to the two types of frameworks through examples and exercises, which also instruct the reader on how to build these models. The book is a new edition of Bayesian Networks and Decision Graphs by Finn V. Jensen. The new edition is structured into two parts. The first part focuses on probabilistic graphical models. Compared with the previous book, the new edition also includes a thorough description of recent extensions to the Bayesian network modeling language, advances in exact and approximate belief updating algorithms, and methods for learning both the structure and the parameters of a Bayesian network. The second part deals with decision graphs, and in addition to the frameworks described in the previous edition, it also introduce Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=16221 This book gives a unified treatment of classical input-output stability theory and recent developments in nonlinear robust and passivity-based control. The synthesis between these areas is provided by the theory of dissipative systems. Specifically, the small-gain and passivity theorems and their implications for nonlinear stability and stabilization are discussed from this vantage-ground. The connection between L2-gain and passivity via scattering is detailed. The passivity concepts are enriched by a generalised Hamiltonian formalism, emphasizing the close relations with modeling and control by interconnection. Feedback equivalence to a passive system and resulting stabilization strategies are discussed. The potential of L2-gain techniques in nonlinear control is demonstrated, including a compact treatment of the nonlinear Hx optimal control problem. This book supplies the reader with a succinct, informative summary of a fundamental and rapidly developing area of nonlinear control theory. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=16207 The Engineering Design of Systems compiles a wealth of information from diverse sources, providing a unique, one-stop reference of current methods and models for systems engineering. This updated edition features important new information on Systems Modeling Language (SysML), more descriptive material on usage scenarios based on literature from use case development, updated homework assignments, and use of the software product CORE to generate the SysML figures. This book serves as an excellent introductory reference suitable for students and professionals alike. From the Back Cover The ideal introduction to the engineering design of systems - now in a new edition. The Engineering Design of Systems, Second Edition compiles a wealth of information from diverse sources to provide a unique, one-stop reference to current methods for systems engineering. It takes a model-based approach to key systems engineering design activities and introduces methods and models used in the real world. Features new to this edition include: * The addition of Systems Modeling Language (SysML) to several of the chapters, as well as the introduction of new terminology * Additional material on partitioning functions and components * More descriptive material on usage scenarios based on literature from use case development * Updated homework assignments * The software product CORE (from Vitech Corporation) is used to generate the traditional SE figures and the software product MagicDraw Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=16156 Summary: Great Book for Advanced Undergrads, Grads and Professionals Rating: 4 I found this book by chance in the library in our company. I'd studied aerospace engineering and specialised in flight control about 7 years earlier, and this book was perfect for me. It provided a refresher of the basics, and was a good introduction to the more advanced concepts like LQR, H-infinity control, etc., as well as helping me dust off my Matlab skills. But it might not be the best book for newcomers to the subject - but it does complement other books (like Ogata, Stevens and Lewis) very well. Summary: Great overview of controls using MATLAB/Simlulink Rating: 4 I loved the book. Great explanations. Not a complete first book in controls though. It helps to have a little more background or have read one of the standard control's texts. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=16152 Note: PDF has contents with page links. Appendixes C,D,E,F,G,H,I are absent in the pdf file. For an introductory undergraduate course in control systems for engineering students. Written to be equally useful for all engineering disciplines, this text is organized around the concept of control systems theory as it has been developed in the frequency and time domains. It provides coverage of classical control, employing root locus design, frequency and response design using Bode and Nyquist plots. It also covers modern control methods based on state variable models including pole placement design techniques with full-state feedback controllers and full-state observers. Many examples throughout give students ample opportunity to apply the theory to the design and analysis of control systems. Incorporates computer-aided design and analysis using Matlab and LabVIEW MathScript. Contents 1. Introduction to Control Systems. 2. Mathematical Models of Systems. 3. State Variable Models. 4. Feedback Control System Characteristics. 5. The Performance of Feedback Control Systems. 6. The Stability of Linear Feedback Systems. 7. The Root Locus Method. 8. Frequency Response Methods. 9. Stability in the Frequency Domain. 10. The Design of Feedback Control Systems. 11. The Design of State Variable Feedback Systems. 12. Robust Control Systems. 13. Digital Control Systems. Appendix A: MATLAB Basics. Appendix B: LabVIEW MathScript Basics. (The following appendixes a Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=15977 Written to be equally useful for all engineering disciplines, this book is organized around the concept of control systems theory as it has been developed in the frequency and time domains. It provides coverage of classical control employing root locus design, frequency and response design using Bode and Nyquist plots. It also covers modern control methods based on state variable models including pole placement design techniques with full-state feedback controllers and full-state observers. The book covers several important topics including robust control systems and system sensitivity, state variable models, controllability and observability, computer control systems, internal model control, robust PID controllers, and computer-aided design and analysis. For all types of engineers who are interested in a solid introduction to control systems. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=15782 Table of contents:Chapter 1. Decentralized Bayesian Detection TheoryChapter 2. Distributed Estimation in Distributed-Sensor NetworksChapter 3. Estimation of Large Sparse SystemsChapter 4. External Input Identification in Distriubted Parameter Systems Using the Boundary Element MethodChapter 5. Interaction and Structure Concepts of Large Scale SystemsChapter 6. Practical Issues of Coordination in Control and Optimization of Large-Scale Stochastic SystemsChapter 7. Filtering, Smoothing and Control in Discrete-Time Stochastic Distributed Sensor NetworksChapter 8. A Weak Constrast Function Approach to Adaptive Semi-Markov Decision ModelsChapter 9. Large-Scale Stochastic Control Systems: Stability and StabilizationChapter 10. Estimation of Attractors and Invariant Domains for Perturbed Complex and Large-Scale SystemsChapter 11. Controls of Flexible Mechanical StructuresChapter 12. Adaptive Control of Econometric Models with Integrated and Decentralized Policymakers Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=15624 Practical Process Control (loop tuning and troubleshooting). This book differs from others on the market in several respects. First, the presentation is totally in the time domain (the word "LaPlace" is nowhere to be found). The focus of the book is actually troubleshooting, not tuning. If a controller is "tunable", the tuning procedure will be straightforward and uneventful. But if a loop is "untunable", difficulties will be experienced, usually early in the tuning effort. The nature of any difficulty provides valuable clues to what is rendering the loop "untunable". For example, if reducing the controller gain leads to increased oscillations, one should look for possible interaction with one or more other loops. Tuning difficulties are always symptoms of other problems; effective troubleshooting involves recognizing the clues, identifying the root cause of the problem, and making corrections. Furthermore, most loops are rendered "untunable" due to some aspect of the steady-state behavior of the process. Consequently, the book focuses more on the relationship of process control to steady-state process characteristics than to dynamic process characteristics. One prerequisite to effective troubleshooting is to "demystify" some of the characteristics of the PID control equations. One unique aspect of this book is that it explains in the time domain all aspects of the PID control equation (including as the difference between the parallel and series forms of the PID, the reset Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=14633 Model Predictive Control (MPC) is unusual in receiving on-going interest in both industrial and academic circles. Issues such as plant optimization and constrained control which are critical to industrial engineers are naturally embedded in its designs. Model Predictive Control System Design and Implementation Using MATLAB® proposes methods for design and implementation of MPC systems using basis functions that confer the following advantages: * continuous- and discrete-time MPC problems solved in similar design frameworks; * a parsimonious parametric representation of the control trajectory gives rise to computationally efficient algorithms and better on-line performance; and * a more general discrete-time representation of MPC design that becomes identical to the traditional approach for an appropriate choice of parameters. After the theoretical presentation, detailed coverage is given to three industrial applications: a food extruder, a motor and a magnetic bearing system. The subject of quadratic programming, often associated with the core optimization algorithms of MPC is also introduced and explained. The technical contents of this book, mainly based on advances in MPC using state-space models and basis functions – to which the author is a major contributor, will be of interest to control researchers and practitioners, especially of process control. From a pedagogical standpoint, this volume includes numerous simple analytical examples and every chapter con Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=14498 The theory of optimal control systems has grown and flourished since the 1960's. Many texts, written on varying levels of sophistication, have been published on the subject. Yet even those purportedly designed for beginners in the field are often riddled with complex theorems, and many treatments fail to include topics that are essential to a thorough grounding in the various aspects of and approaches to optimal control.Optimal Control Systems provides a comprehensive but accessible treatment of the subject with just the right degree of mathematical rigor to be complete but practical. It provides a solid bridge between "traditional" optimization using the calculus of variations and what is called "modern" optimal control. It also treats both continuous-time and discrete-time optimal control systems, giving students a firm grasp on both methods. Among this book's most outstanding features is a summary table that accompanies each topic or problem and includes a statement of the problem with a step-by-step solution. Students will also gain valuable experience in using industry-standard MATLAB and SIMULINK software, including the Control System and Symbolic Math Toolboxes.Diverse applications across fields from power engineering to medicine make a foundation in optimal control systems an essential part of an engineer's background. This clear, streamlined presentation is ideal for a graduate level course on control systems and as a quick reference for working engineers. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=14310 This book introduces process control to engineers and technicians unfamiliar with control techniques, providing an understanding of how to actually apply control in a real industrial environment. It avoids analytical treatment of the numerous statistical process control techniques to concentrate on the practical problems involved. A practical approach is taken, making it relevant in virtually all manufacturing and process industries. There is currently no information readily available to practising engineers or students that discusses the real problems and such material is long overdue. An indispensable guide for all those involved in process control Includes equipment specification, troubleshooting, system specification and design Provided with guidelines of HOW TO and HOW NOT TO install process control From the Publisher There is currently no information readily available to practising engineers or students that discusses the real problems and such material is long overdue. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=13829 Digital controllers are part of nearly all modern personal, industrial, and transportation sytems. Every senior or graduate student of electrical, chemical or mechanical engineering should therefore be familiar with the basic theory of digital controllers. This new text covers the fundamental principles and applications of digital control engineering, with emphasis on engineering design. Extensive Use of computational tools: Matlab sections at end of each chapter show how to implement concepts from the chapter. Frees the student from the drudgery of mundane calculations and allows him to consider more subtle aspects of control system analysis and design. An engineering approach to digital controls: emphasis throughout the book is on design of control systems. Mathematics is used to help explain concepts, but throughout the text discussion is tied to design and implementation. For example coverage of analog controls in chapter 5 is not simply a review, but is used to show how analog control systems map to digital control systems. Review of Background Material: contains review material to aid understanding of digital control analysis and design. Examples include discussion of discrete-time systems in time domain and frequency domain (reviewed from linear systems course) and root locus design in s-domain and z-domain (reviewed from feedback control course). Inclusion of Advanced Topics In addition to the basic topics required for a one semester senior/graduate c Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=13693 Note: CD-ROM is not included. Provides current information and thoroughly investigates the interface between the technical literature's theoretical results and the problems that practicing engineers and engineering students face--everyday on the job. DLC: Feedback control systems. An investigation of the interface between the technical literature's theoretical results and the problems that practising engineers face - and that engineering students will face - every day on the job. It demonstrates the extensive applications of quantitative feedback theory and seeks to bridge the gap between theory and practice. The book contains a user's manual and QFT design program on CD-ROM, to provide faster, easier access to design applications. *** This first edition of Quantitative Feedback Theory gained enormous popularity by successfully bridging the gap between theory and real-world engineering practice. Avoiding mathematical theorems, lemmas, proofs, and correlaries, it boiled down to the essential elements of quantitative feedback theory (QFT) necessary to readily analyze, develop, and implement robust control systems. This text presents a control system design based on quantitative feedbacktheory (QFT) which is a very powerful design method when plant parameters vary over a broad range of operating conditions. It incorporates the concept of designing a robust control system that maintains the desired system performance, not only over a prescribed region of plant parameter Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=12986 Fuzzy clustering is now a mature and vibrant area of research with highly innovative advanced applications. Encapsulating this through presenting a careful selection of research contributions, this book addresses timely and relevant concepts and methods, whilst identifying major challenges and recent developments in the area. Split into five clear sections, Fundamentals, Visualization, Algorithms and Computational Aspects, Real-Time and Dynamic Clustering, and Applications and Case Studies, the book covers a wealth of novel, original and fully updated material, and in particular offers: * a focus on the algorithmic and computational augmentations of fuzzy clustering and its effectiveness in handling high dimensional problems, distributed problem solving and uncertainty management. * presentations of the important and relevant phases of cluster design, including the role of information granules, fuzzy sets in the realization of human-centricity facet of data analysis, as well as system modelling * demonstrations of how the results facilitate further detailed development of models, and enhance interpretation aspects * a carefully organized illustrative series of applications and case studies in which fuzzy clustering plays a pivotal role This book will be of key interest to engineers associated with fuzzy control, bioinformatics, data mining, image processing, and pattern recognition, while computer engineers, students and researchers, in most enginee Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=12691 Biological systems are inherently stochastic and uncertain. Thus, research in bioinformatics, biomedical engineering and computational biology has to deal with a large amount of uncertainties. Fuzzy logic has shown to be a powerful tool in capturing different uncertainties in engineering systems. In recent years, fuzzy logic based modeling and analysis approaches are also becoming popular in analyzing biological data and modeling biological systems. Numerous research and application results have been reported that demonstrated the effectiveness of fuzzy logic in solving a wide range of biological problems found in bioinformatics, biomedical engineering, and computational biology. Contributed by leading experts world-wide, this edited book contains 16 chapters presenting representative research results on the application of fuzzy systems to genome sequence assembly, gene expression analysis, promoter analysis, cis-regulation logic analysis and synthesis, reconstruction of genetic and cellular networks, as well as biomedical problems, such as medical image processing, electrocardiogram data classification and anesthesia monitoring and control. This volume is a valuable reference for researchers, practitioners, as well as graduate students working in the field of bioinformatics, biomedical engineering and computational biology. Read more...
]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:09 GMT http://www.freebookspot.in/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=12396 Fuzzy control is emerging as a practical alternative to conventional methods of solving challenging control problems. Written by two authors who have been involved in creating theoretical foundations for the field and who have helped assess the value of this new technology relative to conventional approches, Fuzzy Control is filled with a wealth of examples and case studies on design and implementation. Computer code and MATLAB files can be downloaded for solving the book's examples and problems and can be easily modified to implement the reader's own fuzzy controllers or estimators. Drawing on their extensive experience working with industry on implementations, Kevin Passino and Stephen Yurkovich have written an excellent hands-on introduction for professionals and educators interested in learning or teaching fuzzy control. Read more...
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