Table of Contents

Analogies.- Analogies.- Illustrating Feedback and Control.- Illustrating Feedback and Control.- Signal Analysis.- Signal Analysis.- Systems and Models.- Systems and Models.- Stability, Sensitivity and Robustness.- Stability, Sensitivity and Robustness.- Feedback.- Feedback.- The Control Subsystem.- The Control Subsystem.- Control Subsystem Components.- Control Subsystem Components.- Control Design.- Control Design.- Control Benefits.- Control Benefits.- A Look at the Future.- A Look at the Future.

About the Author

Pedro Albertos was IFAC president 1999-2002. Iven Mareels is EiC of Systems&Control Letters, Elsevier. Credits: the Cover Illustration and Heading chapters were designed by Arturo Mora (www.cut-out.es)

Reviews

From the reviews: "The objective of this very insightful, atypical book is to explain the basic concepts of control and feedback theory to nonspecialists. ... With the aid of the examples ... this book describes nearly all of the fundamental elements of control theory in a way that a broad range of readers can comprehend and appreciate. ... Summing Up: Recommended. Two-year technical program students and general readers." (E. M. Aupperle, Choice, Vol. 48 (1), September, 2010) "Feedback and Control for Everyone certainly serves the authors' intentions and goals of writing feedback and controls for everyone. ... book introduces almost all of the basic concepts of feedback, signals, and controls. Various simple and meaningful examples are employed to illustrate the fundamental elements of feedback and control theory, which is beneficial to readers with no or limited control knowledge. ... It is a great book for anyone who is interested in getting a taste of what control engineering is all about ... ." (Lihong Zhao, International Journal of Acoustics and Vibration, Vol. 16 (1), 2011) "The book is to explain in layperson's terms the essence of feedback and the basic tenets of the field of systems and control. ... The book is carefully edited with highlighted text to summarize the key points. ... the wealth of physical examples to illustrate the ideas and concepts make it an excellent source for anyone who wants to learn what the subject of feedback control is all about. It can also serve as a useful companion in elementary and intermediate courses on the subject." (Jan C. Willems, IEEE Control Systems Magazine, Vol. 31, August, 2011)