Feedback Control Systems: Charles L. Phillips, John M. Parr

If all you want is a great text, dont shoot for the latest edition. however if you want to run through the matlab examples, this one wont cut the cheese, alteast for me; some of the functions specified dont work in matlab2013. but that could be user error.If you need the homework problems as well, chances are 5th edition will be required because they changed/rearranged problems.Overall, a very easy-to-follow text that i am very glad to have purchased.

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I use this book as a reference. I have taught the course of Basics of Automatic Control at The Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City. I need some reference books. I think that it meets my course.Huynh MInh Ngoc

I found this book fairly enjoyable. However, I agree with most of the other reviewers here that this is not exactly a book for beginners in control systems. However, I found this book extremely useful for beginning Discrete Systems. It gives excellent and thorough comparisons of continuous (CLTI) and discrete systems (DLTI) (The author keeps referring to the LTI analysis equivalent of the DTI system step by step. This book really should have been labeled "Introduction to discrete time systems with comparisons of continuous systems" or something similar.Furthermore, I really enjoyed the topics on frequency analysis. I did an undergrad course in controls, however it was oriented more towards aircraft controls and aircraft dynamics so we did not have time to cover frequency analysis. The chapters Phillips presents on frequency analysis were clear and concise. Now I have a deeper appreciation for s-domain and frequency domain analysis and how they work together in control system analysis.Also, I appreciated the introduction to non-linear systems, however, it seemed a little out of place and should perhaps be scrapped and used for an introduction of more advanced topics in linear systems.My only beef with this book is that the introductory sections are brief and short lived all in anticipation to get to the discrete time systems analysis (previously mentioned) which span at least 4 chapters - almost 1 quarter of the entire book.Recap:ProsExcellent Introduction to Discrete SystemsExcellent Chapters on frequency analysisConsPoor introduction to continuous control system basics for beginners (CLTI).Out of place chapter on non-linear methods

This book covers all the subjects that I need. It's very well organized and has many examples of Matlab programs, and simulation on Simulink.