Computer-Controlled Systems Theory and Design, Third Edition

Originally published: Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, c1997.

Karl J. Astrom worked for IBM Research in Stockholm before chairing the Automatic Controls Department at Lund University. Since 2002 he has served as Distinguished Visiting Professor at UC Santa Barbara.
Bjorn Wittenmark is Professor Emeritus at Lund University's Automatic Controls Department.

Preface 1. Computer Control 2. Discrete-Time Systems 3. Analysis of Discrete-Time Systems 4. Pole-Placement Design: A State-Space Approach 5. Pole-Placement Designs: A Polynomial Approach  6.Design: An Overview 7. Process-Oriented models 8. Approximating Continuous-Time Controllers 9. Implementation of Digital Controllers 10. Disturbance Models 11. Optimal Design Methods: A State-Space Approach 12. Optimal Design Methods: A Polynomial Approach 13.Identification A. Examples B. Matrices Bibliography Index