Help students build a strong foundation in the principles of frequency and time-domain design techniques

An emphasis on the design and analysis of real-world, complex control systems is a major theme throughout the text, with real-world applications and examples that address ABET and industry standards.
Modern methods coverage includes discussions on 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, to name a few.
Classical methods of control engineering are thoroughly covered: Laplace transforms and transfer functions; root locus design; Routh–Hurwitz stability analysis; frequency response methods, including Bode, Nyquist, and Nichols; steady-state error for standard test signals; second-order system approximations; and phase and gain margin and bandwidth.
- Coverage of the state variable method is significant.
- Fundamental notions of controllability and observability for state variable models are discussed.
- Full state feedback design with Ackermann’s formula for pole placement is presented, along with a discussion on the limitations of state variable feedback.
More advanced topics of robust control and digital control are presented in later chapters, as well as an entire chapter devoted to the design of feedback control systems with a focus on practical industrial lead and lag compensator structures.
Evolving design strategies coverage considers green engineering and human-centered design to teach future engineers the importance of designing products that minimize pollution, reduce the risk to human health, and improve the living environment.
Coverage of the evolution of the Internet of Things — a network of physical objects embedded with electronics, software, sensors, and connectivity used in control engineering — helps readers understand the multidisciplinary nature and scope of control engineering.
Coverage of computer-aided design and analysis using MATLAB® and LabVIEW™ MathScript appears throughout the text and in end-of-chapter examples and problems.

Progressively develop students’ problem-solving skills through an integrated design and analysis approach to real-world engineering problems

UPDATED - Over 20% new or updated problems are included in this edition. In total, there are over 980 end-of-chapter exercises, problems, advanced problems, design problems, and computer problems which explore all aspects of modern control systems. The problems require students to extend their knowledge of the concepts to new situations, helping them develop their problem-solving skills as they advance through the text.
The Sequential Design Example uses the real-world engineering problems associated with designing a controller for a disk drive read system, which are considered sequentially in each chapter.
The Continuous Design Problem gives students further opportunity to build upon a design problem from chapter to chapter and apply the techniques and tools presented to the development of a design solution that meets the specified requirements of table slide systems.
Skills Check sections provide three sets of problems to test students’ knowledge of the chapter material.
UPDATED - An updated companion website is available to students and faculty using this edition. The website contains many resources, including all the m-files in the book, Laplace and z-transform tables, written materials on matrix algebra and complex numbers, symbols, units, and conversion factors, and an introduction to the LabVIEW MathScript RT Module. www.pearson.com/bishop
UPDATED - Expanded use of color throughout the text is used to add emphasis when needed and to make the graphs and figures easier to interpret.

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