Includes bibliographical references and index.

Module 1. Introduction to Feedback Control -- Module 2. Transfer Functions and Block Diagram Algebra -- Module 3. First-Order Systems -- Module 4. Second-Order Systems -- Module 5. Second-Order System Time-Domain Response -- Module 6. Second-Order Systems: Disturbance Rejection and Rate Feedback -- Module 7. Higher-Order Systems -- Module 8. System Type: Steady-State Errors -- Module 9. Routh's Method, Root Locus: Magnitude and Phase Equations -- Module 10. Rules for Plotting the Root Locus -- Module 11. System Design Using the Root Locus -- Module 12. Frequency Response and Nyquist Diagrams -- Module 13. Nyquist Stability Criterion -- Module 14. Nyquist Analysis and Relative Stability -- Module 15. Bode Diagrams -- Module 16. Bode Analysis, Stability, and Gain and Phase Margins -- Module 17. Time Response from Frequency Response -- Module 18. Frequency-Domain Specifications and Closed-Loop Frequency Response -- Module 19. Phase Lead Compensation -- Module 20. Phase Lag and Lead-Lag Compensation -- Module 21. Multimode Controllers -- Module 22. State-Space System Descriptions -- Module 23. State-Space System Response, Controllability, and Observability -- Module 24. State-Space Controller Design -- Module 25. State-Space Observer Design -- Module 26. Wave Energy Absorbtion Device -- Module 27. Missile Attitude Controller -- Module 28. Robotic Hand Design -- Module 29. Pumped Storage Flow Control System -- Module 30. Ship Steering Control System -- Module 31. Cruise Missile Altitude Control System -- Module 32. Machine Tool Power Drive System with Flexibility -- Appendix 1 Review of Laplace Transforms and Their Use in Solving Differential Equations.