Solved Problems in Dynamical Systems and Control

J. Tenreiro-Machado is a Coordinator Professor with Habilitation at the Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal, where his research interests are in the areas of fractional-order systems, complex systems, nonlinear dynamics, modelling, control, evolutionary computing, signal processing, finance and economy mathematical analysis, biology, and robotics. António M. Lopes is Assistant Professor at the University of Porto, Portugal, where his R&D interests are in the areas of complex systems, nonlinear dynamics, automation, robotics, control, fractional calculus and simulation. Duarte Valério is Assistant Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico - University of Lisbon, where he works in the field of control engineering, studying fractional control and fractional dynamic systems, wave energy conversion, distributed systems and bioengineering applications. Alexandra M. Galhano is a Coordinator Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal, where her research interests are in the areas of modelling, control, and simulation.

Chapter 1: Block diagram algebra and system transfer functions
Chapter 2: Mathematical models
Chapter 3: Analysis of continuous systems in the time domain
Chapter 4: Root-locus analysis
Chapter 5: Frequency domain analysis
Chapter 6: PID controller synthesis
Chapter 7: State space analysis of continuous systems
Chapter 8: Controller synthesis by pole placement
Chapter 9: Discrete-time systems and Z-transform
Chapter 10: Analysis of nonlinear systems with the describing function method
Chapter 11: Analysis of nonlinear systems with the phase plane method
Chapter 12: Fractional order systems and controllers