Multivariable Feedback Control

Multivariable Feedback Control: Analysis and Design, Second Edition presents a rigorous, yet easily readable, introduction to the analysis and design of robust multivariable control systems.

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**Professor Sigurd Skogestad, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering. Author of more than 100 journal publications and 150 conference publications. He was awarded "Innstilling to the King" for his Siv.Ing. degree in 1979, a Fullbright fellowship in 1983, received the Ted Peterson Award from AIChE in 1989, the George S. Axelby Outstanding Paper Award from IEEE in 1990, and the O. Hugo Schuck Best Paper Award from the American Automatic Control Council in 1992. Professor Ian Postlethwaite, University of Leicester, UK
**Head of Engineering Department, Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, and a Fellow of the Institute of Measurement and Control. In 1991 he received the IEE FC Williams Premium, in 2001 the Sir Harold Hartley Medal of the InstMC and in 2002 the Best Paper Prize for an article published in the IFAC Journal of Control Engineering Practice over the period 1999-2002.

Inhalt
Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Classical Feedback Control. 3. Introduction to Multivariable Control. 4. Elements of Linear System Theory. 5. Limitations on Performance in SISO Systems. 6. Limitations on Performance in MIMO Systems. 7. Uncertainty and Robustness for SISO Systems. 8. Robust Stability and Performance Analysis for MIMO Systems. 9. Controller Design. 10. Control Structure Design. 11. Model Reduction. 12. Linear Matrix Inequalities. 13. Case Studies. Appendix a: Matrix Theory and Norms. Appendix B: Projectwork and Sample Exam. Bibliography. Index.