Summary
This well-respected work discusses the use of digital computers in the real-time control of dynamic systems. The emphasis is on the design of digital controls that achieve good dynamic response and small errors while using signals that are sampled in time and quantized in amplitude. Classical, state-space, and optimal control methods are described and applied to illustrative examples. The strengths and limitations of each method are explored to help the reader develop satisfactory designs with the least effort.
The book also offers a review of feedback control systems and an overview of digital control systems leading to a simple design methodology. MATLAB statements and problems are thoroughly and carefully integrated throughout the book to offer readers a complete design picture.
Finally, the book includes chapters on system identification, nonlinear control, and a comprehensive design example of a disk drive servo.
About the Authors
Gene F. Franklin is Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University where he served as Vice Chairman and Acting Chair of the department. In addition to directing research in feedback control, he has served as a consultant to several computer manufacturers on digital control of position mechanisms. He is a life Fellow of IEEE and delivered the IEEE Bode Lecture for 1994. He has been recognized for his work in the classroom with the American Automatic Control Council’s Education Award.
J. David Powell is Professor Emeritus of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University where he served as Vice Chairman of the Aero/Astro department. Prof. Powell’s research has focused on digital control, automotive engine control, and more recently on the use of GPS for air and ground vehicles. In addition, he has been a consultant to the automotive industry, heavy equipment manufacturers, and aerospace companies on a wide range of control problems. He is a fellow of the AIAA and ASME.
Michael Workman was the Vice President of Development Server/Subsystem Products for IBM’s Storage Products Company during the early development of disk drives. He was responsible for the worldwide development, launch, and support of hard disk drives for Server Product Families as well as the development of Desktop and Mobile Product Families. He is currently the CEO of Pillar Data Systems.
Also by Gene Franklin and Dave Powell (with Abbas Emami-Naeini), Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems, 6th Edition.
