Linear and Nonlinear Multivariable Feedback Control: A Classical Approach (Hardcover)

Automatic feedback control systems play crucial roles in many fields, including manufacturing industries, communications, naval and space systems. At its simplest, a control system represents a feedback loop in which the difference between the ideal (input) and actual (output) signals is used to modify the behaviour of the system. Control systems are in our homes, computers, cars and toys. Basic control principles can also be found in areas such as medicine, biology and economics, where feedback mechanisms are ever present.

Linear and Nonlinear Multivariable Feedback Control presents a highly original, unified control theory of both linear and nonlinear multivariable (also known as multi-input multi-output (MIMO)) feedback systems as a straightforward extension of classical control theory. It shows how the classical engineering methods look in the multidimensional case and how practising engineers or researchers can apply them to the analysis and design of linear and nonlinear MIMO systems.

This comprehensive book:

• uses a fresh approach, bridging the gap between classical and modern, linear and nonlinear multivariable control theories;
• includes vital nonlinear topics such as limit cycle prediction and forced oscillations analysis on the basis of the describing function method and  absolute stability analysis by means of the primary classical frequency-domain criteria (e.g. Popov, circle or parabolic criteria);
• reinforces the main themes with practical worked examples solved by a special MATLAB-based graphical user interface, as well as with problems, questions and exercises on an accompanying website.  

The approaches presented in Linear and Nonlinear Multivariable Feedback Control form an invaluable resource for graduate and undergraduate students studying multivariable feedback control as well as those studying classical or modern control theories. The book also provides a useful reference for researchers, experts and practitioners working in industry

自動反饋控制系統在許多領域中扮演著關鍵角色，包括製造業、通訊、海軍和太空系統。在最簡單的情況下，控制系統代表了一個反饋迴路，其中理想（輸入）和實際（輸出）信號之間的差異被用來修改系統的行為。控制系統存在於我們的家庭、電腦、汽車和玩具中。基本的控制原理也可以在醫學、生物學和經濟學等領域找到，其中反饋機制一直存在。

《線性和非線性多變量反饋控制》提出了一種高度原創的統一控制理論，將線性和非線性多變量（也稱為多輸入多輸出（MIMO））反饋系統作為傳統控制理論的直接擴展。它展示了在多維情況下傳統工程方法的樣貌，以及實踐工程師或研究人員如何應用它們來分析和設計線性和非線性MIMO系統。

這本全面的書籍：
- 使用一種新的方法，彌合了傳統和現代、線性和非線性多變量控制理論之間的差距；
- 包括重要的非線性主題，如基於描述函數方法的極限週期預測和強制振盪分析，以及通過主要的傳統頻域準則（例如Popov、圓形或抛物線準則）進行絕對穩定性分析；
- 通過特殊的基於MATLAB的圖形用戶界面解決實際工作例子，並提供相關網站上的問題、問題和練習，加強主題。

《線性和非線性多變量反饋控制》中提出的方法對於攻讀多變量反饋控制的研究生和本科生以及攻讀傳統或現代控制理論的人士來說是一個寶貴的資源。該書還為在工業界工作的研究人員、專家和從業人員提供了有用的參考資料。