Control System Design：An Introduction to State-Space Methods

Addressednotonlytostudentsbutalsotoprofessionalengineersandscientists,thisvolumeintroducesstate-spacemethodsfordirectapplicationstocontrolsystemdesign,inadditiontoprovidingbackgroundforreadingtheperiodicalliterature.Itspresentation,therefore,issuitablebothforthosewhorequiremethodsforachievingresultsandthosemoreinterestedinusingresultsthaninprovingthem.Topicsincludefeedbackcontrol;state-spacerepresentationofdynamicsystemsanddynamicsoflinearsystems;frequency-domainanalysis;controllabilityandobservability;andshapingthedynamicresponse.Additionalsubjectsencompasslinearobservers;compensatordesignbytheseparationprinciple;linear,quadraticoptimumcontrol;randomprocesses;andKalmanfilters.Concreteexamplesofhowstate-spacemethodscanbeusedtoadvantageinseveralrepresentativeapplicationsarewovenintothefabricofthetextandthehomeworkproblems.Manyofthemodelsaredrawnfromaerospaceandinertialinstrumentation;otherexamplesarederivedfromchemicalprocesscontrol,maritimeoperations,robotics,andenergysystems.