Modern control systems

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1. HeyLaughingBoyMay 2020
   The best book I know of is pretty old by this point, but it's very readable! Modern Control Systems by Dorf & Bishop. Probably pretty expensive by now, too!

   There's also the Control Systems Design Guide, but that's more of a cookbook-style. Dorf and Bishop is a theory book, but a good one.

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2. brandmeyerJan 2017
   Any introductory text on SISO (single input/single output) control theory will be a good start, since the same underlying tools are used for signal processing as well as active control systems. The Wikibook on control systems is OK, and will at least get you a feel for some of the mathematics. Modern Control Systems by Dorf and Bishop is a great SISO textbook. Modern Control Theory by Brogan is a great MIMO (multi-input/multi-output) text, too.

   For just noodling and doodling around, the functions 'tf', 'ss', 'bode', 'freqz', 'butter', 'tf2sos', 'besself', and 'c2d' are a decent start.

   https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jos/filters/filters.html and http://dspguide.com/ are great online references for digital signal processing, and you'll find that many of the underlying mathematical tools for discrete-time analysis carry over into the continuous domain, too.

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3. 6gvONxR4sf7oJan 2021
   I learned it from a course where my professor had his own notes printed by the school bookstore for us, and I've held onto those notes like they're gold. So I can't refer you anything by firsthand knowledge, but the internet seems to like Dorf & Bishop's Modern Control Systems, which seems like a decent coverage of the basics:

   https://smile.amazon.com/Modern-Control-Systems-13th-Richard...

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4. VLMJun 2016
   Gray market would be a ... gray area.

   This took some work to find, but I found it:

   https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HT4BF4U

   Its a control theory textbook for $44 from a 3rd party. Which is a pretty good deal because the "real" book sitting on my desk is somewhat more expensive.

   https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Control-Systems-13th-Richard/d...

   In very tiny letters the cover of the cheap version reads "Circulation of this edition outside the Indian Subcontinent is Unauthorized"

   Something I find hilarious is the grey market edition is full of reviews that boil down to "this textbook sux and I hate my prof" but the genuine edition has one review by one guy who probably doesn't exist because if you click thru his reviews all look like stereotypical three word filler material.

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