Modern Control Systems (10th Edition)
by Richard C. Dorf, Robert H Bishop
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Author: Richard C. Dorf, Robert H BishopEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2004-04-18
ISBN: 0131457330
Number of pages: 881
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Book Review: Dorf, a good book but bad problem sets
Summary: 3 Stars
This book has good explanations for learning the material, but the problems stink. My first controls class was under Kuo (Kuo & Golnaraghi, Automatic Control Systems), and this book has similar ordering of the material that I like. My students wanted more simple examples than Kuo's book had, unfortunately as I used this book I discovered that the problems are bad. They either give-away the answer by including all relevent equations, or they make the answer unobtainable by giving most of the equations but leaving out important aspects of the problem. For example, Ch4 p10 gives most the equation e=-ky, but that leaves the input R out of both the problem and the drawing; the equation should be e=r-ky. The solution key for this problem also finds a Torque (N*m) as the integral of a velocity (m/s); not getting the units right in a problem in the 10th edition is unacceptable! My impression was a group of new graduate students were sent out to develop a bunch of problems so a new edition could be printed, and what they came up with sometimes was simple (OK, you need easy problems to help develop confidence and understanding), and sometimes based on real systems (GREAT), but rarely clearly-presented and realistic. This is the fifth year I've taught this subject, and I worked in industry/research for 11 years before that. I know what a real controls problem looks like in the field. This book ALMOST did that part of it right, but the only way this is like horse shoes and and hand grenades is that it sometimes explodes in the students and professors face. Too bad, otherwise this would have been a great book with clear explanations and a good range of examples and problems.
Summary of Modern Control Systems (10th Edition)
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.
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