Simulation and modelling of continuous systems—A case study approach: D. Matko, R. Karba and B. Zupancic

✍ Scribed by Inge Troch

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 397 KB
• Volume: 30
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0005-1098
• DOI: 10.1016/0005-1098(94)90088-4

✦ Synopsis

In the book the philosophy behind the design of (industrial) controllers is: keep it simple. In an industrial environment, especially in systems where only poor models are available PID controllers are advocated as the best choice. The advantages of applying more advanced controllers could get more attention, but such a view is described as 'an over-optimistic view of academic sources'. This indicates again the scope of the author, to provide information for practice-oriented engineers.

The book contains a lot of exercises. Unfortunately there are no answers provided. The figures are in many cases too far from the related text. Often several pages before they are referred to. The index is poor. It is too short and contains incorrect page numbers. In the bibliographic references I missed some well-known reference books on digital control, which could be of help to the reader who requires a more solid base for the control techniques which are mentioned only too briefly in this book.

The overall conclusion is that the book is mainly useful for people who want to know about practical aspects of digital control on an instrumentation level. I would not recommend it for academic courses, because it lacks enough depth in the description of more advanced algorithms.