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Multivariable Control Systems

An Engineering Approach

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  • © 2004

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Authors:
  1. P. Albertos

    1. Department of Systems Engineering and Control, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

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  2. A. Sala

    1. Department of Systems Engineering and Control, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

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  • The reader will be able to follow the development of multivariable control systems without constantly breaking off to understand detailed mathematical proofs which are presented separately in an Appendix
  • Shows how practical examples of multivariable control demonstrate the relevance of the text at every stage
  • Demonstrates the inseparable relationship between the design of a plant and its control system and the signals and disturbances to that system
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Advanced Textbooks in Control and Signal Processing (C&SP)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction to Multivariable Control

    Pages 1-16

  3. Linear System Representation: Models and Equivalence

    Pages 17-52

  4. Linear Systems Analysis

    Pages 53-98

  5. Solutions to the Control Problem

    Pages 99-124

  6. Decentralised and Decoupled Control

    Pages 125-164

  7. Fundamentals of Centralised Closed-loop Control

    Pages 165-188

  8. Optimisation-based Control

    Pages 189-218

  9. Designing for Robustness

    Pages 219-248

  10. Implementation and Other Issues

    Pages 249-273

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 275-340
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About this book

Multivariable Control Systems focuses on control design with continual references to the practical aspects of implementation. While the concepts of multivariable control are justified, the book emphasises the need to maintain student interest and motivation over exhaustive mathematical proof. Tools of analysis and representation are always developed as methods for achieving a final control system design and evaluation.

Features:

• design implementation laid out using extensive reference to MATLAB®;

• combined consideration of systems (plant) and signals (mainly disturbances);

• step-by-step approach from the objectives of multivariable control to the solution of complete design problems.

Multivariable Control Systems is an ideal text for graduate students or for final-year undergraduates looking for more depth than provided by introductory textbooks. It will also interest the control engineer practising in industry and seeking to implement robust or multivariable control solutions to plant problems.

Reviews

This book is well written and suitable for teaching courses. I was pleased to find that the book devoted so much attention to applications. Many industrial applications are given, which can help teachers to prepare practical works and are equally valuable to students and practising engineers. In particular, there are many case studies implemented with MATLAB.

Automatica 41 (2005) 1665 – 1666 (Reviewer: Mohammed Chadli)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Systems Engineering and Control, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

    P. Albertos, A. Sala

About the authors

Pedro Albertos is Professor of Automatic Control (1977-), at the Department of Systems Engineering, Computers, and Control, Universidad Politecnica Valencia, (UPV), Spain, giving courses on Advanced and Intelligent Control Systems, and Systems Theory.  This school is very well thought of in the control community.  From 1999-2002 he was IFAC President, organising the IFAC World Congress in Spain, 2002. President of the Spanish automatic control association CEA-IFAC, he is promoting a stronger industry collaboration, planning regular meetings-seminars for the various working groups. His contribution will significantly enhance the prestige of Advanced Textbooks in Control and Signal Processing. In tems of level of content, Multivariable Control Systems will sit neatly between the simple one-module course and general compendium textbooks of basic undergraduate control courses and the maths-heavy titles available to senior masters and Ph.D. students. As such it will introduce specialist ideas without demanding excessive mathematical rigour to follow the text. This will make it very suitable for final-year undergraduates needing more coverage than a basic textbook and beginning postgraduates who are not yet in a position to benefit from more advanced mathematics. Professor Albertos and Doctor Sala were the editors of a volume of collected papers entitled: Iterative Identification and Control

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